Hypoechoic focal liver lesions: Characterization with contrast enhanced ultrasonography

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 164-172

  D'Onofrio, Mirko ^a   Rozzanigo, Umberto ^a   Masinielli, Bianca Maria ^a   Caffarri, Sabrina ^a   Zogno, Andrea ^a   Malagò, Roberto ^a   Procacci, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasonography; Focal liver lesion; Helical computed tomography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FOCAL LIVER LESION; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER SINUSOID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTATIC ENDOCRINE TUMOR; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 18144362084     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20111     Document Type: Article

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