Liver echogenicity: Measurement or visual grading?

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 289-293

  Vehmas, Tapio ^a   Kaukiainen, Ari ^a   Luoma, Katariina ^a,b   Lohman, Martina ^c   Nurminen, Markku ^a   Taskinen, Helena ^a,d  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c ORTON Foundation   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Echogenicity; Enzymes; Fat; Liver; Measurement; Observer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENZYMES; PATHOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

LIVER ECHOGENICITY; ULTRASOUND SOFTWARE; VISUAL GRADINGS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER ECHOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 3042711985     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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