Ultrasonography contribution to the detection and characterization of hepatic restructuring: Is the "virtual biopsy" taken into consideration?

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-194

  Badea, Radu ^a   Lupşor, Monica ^a   Ştefǎnescu, Horia ^a   Nedevschi, Sergiu ^b   Mitrea, Delia ^b   Şerban, Alexandru ^a   Vasile, Tudor ^a  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Fibrosis; Liver; Textural analysis; Ultrasonography; Virtual biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745738075     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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