Differentiation between malignant and benign nodules in the liver: Use of C3-mode technology

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 2402-2407

  Luo, Bao Ming ^a   Wen, Yan Ling ^a   Yang, Hai Yun ^a   Zhi, Hui ^a   Ou, Bing ^a   Ma, Jian Hong ^a   Pan, Jing Sheng ^a   Dai, Xiao Ning ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast medium; Harmonic imaging; Hepatic nodule; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER NODULE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MONITOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 18744396699     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i16.2402     Document Type: Article

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