Comparison of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography versus baseline ultrasound and contrast-enhanced computed tomography in metastatic disease of the liver: Diagnostic performance and confidence

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1599-1609

  Quaia, Emilio ^a   D'Onofrio, Mirko ^b   Palumbo, Alessandro ^a   Rossi, Stefania ^a   Bruni, Stefano ^a   Cova, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liver; Metastasis; Microbubble contrast agent; Ultra sonography

Indexed keywords

GADOBENIC ACID; IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745048948     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0192-7     Document Type: Review

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