Our experiences using contrast-enhanced ultrasound in focal liver lesions

European Radiology, Supplement

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Rettenbacher, Thomas ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Focal liver lesions; Ultrasound, liver

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FATTY LIVER; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CANCER; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 33644590650     PISSN: 16133749     EISSN: 16133757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10406-005-0170-1     Document Type: Article

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