Phase-inversion tissue harmonic imaging compared with conventional B-mode ultrasound in the evaluation of pancreatic lesions

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1109-1117

  Hohl, Christian ^a   Schmidt, Thorsten ^a   Haage, Patrick ^a   Honnef, Dagmar ^a   Blaum, Marcus ^a   Staatz, Gundula ^a   Guenther, Rolf W ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Harmonic imaging; Pancreas; Pancreatic carcinoma; Pancreatitis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CALCIFICATION; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT T TEST; TUMOR VOLUME; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 2942737103     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-2191-2     Document Type: Article

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