Three-dimensional sonographic evaluation of gallbladder contractility: Comparison with cholescintigraphy

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 123-127

  Yoon, Hei Ja ^a   Kim, Pyo Nyun ^b   Kim, Ah Young ^b   Lee, Moon Gyu ^b  

^a Department of Radiology   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3D ultrasonography; Gallbladder; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

DISOFENIN TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CONTRACTILITY INDEX; GALLBLADDER CONTRACTION; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER SCINTISCANNING; GALLBLADDER VOLUME; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIPID DIET; MALE; MEASUREMENT; ORGAN SIZE; PEARSON CORRELATION ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVITY; RELIABILITY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DISOFENIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33646231482     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20218     Document Type: Article

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