Contrast-enhanced, wide-band phase-inversion power doppler imaging of hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 57, 2004, Pages 705-708

  Janica, Jacek ^a   Wojciech, Serwatka ^a,b   Dolorzycki, Slawomir ^a   Polakow, Jerzy ^a   Walecki, Jerzy ^a   Ladny, Jerry Robert ^a   Laszewicz, Wiktor ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Echo enhanced power Doppler sonography; Focal nodular hyperplasia; Levovist contrast agent

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATIC NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 2342572301     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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