Differential diagnosis of nodular lesions in cirrhotic liver by post-vascular phase contrast-enhanced US with Levovist: Comparison with superparamagnetic iron oxide magnetic resonance images

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1139-1147

  Inoue, Tatsuo ^a   Kudo, Masatoshi ^a   Watai, Ryousuke ^a   Pei, Zhou ^b   Kawasaki, Toshihiko ^a   Minami, Yasunori ^a   Chung, Hobyung ^a   Fukunaga, Toyokazu ^a   Awai, Kazuo ^c   Maenishi, Osamu ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b WUHAN GENERAL HOSPITAL OF GUANGZHOU COMMAND   (China)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasonography; Dysplastic nodule; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Post vascular phase; SPIO MRI

Indexed keywords

SHU 508; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HEPATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 31144449301     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-005-1712-y     Document Type: Article

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