Impact of European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) guidelines on the use of contrast agents in liver ultrasound

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1610-1613

  Lencioni, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Focal liver lesions; Liver neoplasms; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEPATOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROBUBBLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; EUROPE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745047973     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-0123-z     Document Type: Article

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