Role of tissue harmonic imaging in focal hepatic lesions: Comparison with conventional sonography

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1488-1493

  Sodhi, Kushaljit Singh ^a   Sidhu, Ravinder ^a   Gulati, Madhu ^a   Saxena, Akshay ^a   Suri, Sudha ^a   Chawla, Yogesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Conventional sonography; Hepatic lesions; Tissue harmonic imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; LIVER DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33644678597     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2005.03780.x     Document Type: Article

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