Contrast-enhanced ultrasonographic imaging diagnosis on assessment of vascularity in liver metastatic lesions

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 3610-3613

  Du, Wen Hua ^a   Yang, Wei Xiao ^a   Xiong, Xiu Qin ^a   Wang, Xiang ^a   Zhou, Yi ^a   Wang, Hui ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Color Doppler imaging; Doppler imaging; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

EID: 21344469715     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i23.3610     Document Type: Article

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