Quantitative dynamic contrast-enhanced sonography of hepatic tumors

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1082-1091

  Klein, Detlef ^a   Jenett, Manfred ^a   Gassel, Heinz Jochen ^a   Sandstede, Jörn ^a   Hahn, Dietbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Liver; Liver tumors; Ultrasound; US, contrast agents

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GALACTOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ARTERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER TUMOR; LIVER VEIN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METASTASIS; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PORTAL VEIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

EID: 2942718802     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2299-z     Document Type: Article

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