Color power Doppler US and contrast-enhanced US features of abdominal solid organ injuries

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 216-222

  Sparano, Amelia ^a   Acampora, Ciro ^a   Di Nuzzo, Loredana ^a   Liguori, Pasquale ^a   Farina, Roberto ^a   Scaglione, Mariano ^a   Romano, Luigia ^a  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Color power Doppler US; Contrast enhanced US; CT; Injuries; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33745978134     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-006-0470-3     Document Type: Article

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