Contrast-enhanced versus conventional and color doppler sonography for the detection of thrombosis of the portal and hepatic venous systems

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 763-773

  Rossi, Sandro ^a   Rosa, Laura ^a   Ravetta, Valentina ^a   Cascina, Alessandro ^a   Quaretti, Pietro ^a   Azzaretti, Andrea ^a   Scagnelli, Paola ^a   Tinelli, Carmine ^a   Dionigi, Paolo ^a   Calliada, Fabrizio ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast medium; Liver cancer; Microbubble contrast agent; Sonography; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THROMBOSIS; WAVEFORM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER TUMOR; LIVER VEIN; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

CONTRAST AGENT BR1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PORTAL VEIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33645828634     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1218     Document Type: Article

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