Application of contrast-enhanced ultrasound to increase the diagnostic rate of liver tumor by biopsy

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-120

  Wu, Wei ^a   Chen, Min Hua ^a   Yan, Kun ^a   Yin, Shan Shan ^a   Dai, Ying ^a   Fan, Zhi Hui ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Li, Ji You ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Biopsy, needle; Contrast media; Liver neoplasms; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 31144475499     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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