Qualitative assessment of tumor vascularity in hepatocellular carcinoma by contrast-enhanced coded ultrasound: Comparison with arterial phase of dynamic CT and conventional color/power Doppler ultrasound

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1100-1108

  Koda, Masahiko ^a   Matsunaga, Yoshiko ^a   Ueki, Masaru ^a   Maeda, Yoshiko ^a   Mimura, Ken Ichi ^a   Okamoto, Kinya ^a   Hosho, Keiko ^a   Murawaki, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color Doppler ultrasound; Dynamic CT; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Tumor vascularity; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2942716927     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-2172-5     Document Type: Article

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