Value of combined conventional and contrast enhanced sonography in the evaluation of hepatic disorders;Apport de l'échographie de contraste et échographie conventionnelle simultanée en pathologie hépatique

Journal de Radiologie

Volumn 85, Issue 6 I, 2004, Pages 755-762

  Tranquart, F ^a   Bleuzen, A ^a   Kissel, A ^b  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^b Centre de Radiologie Serpenoise   (France)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Levovist ; Liver; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 3142583100     PISSN: 02210363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0221-0363(04)97678-0     Document Type: Article

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