Enhancement pattern of hepatocellular carcinoma: comparison of real-time contrast-enhanced ultrasound and contrast-enhanced computed tomography

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 315-321

  Liu, Guang Jian ^a   Xu, Hui Xiong ^a   Lu, Ming De ^a   Xie, Xiao Yan ^a   Xu, Zuo Feng ^a   Zheng, Yan Ling ^a   Liang, Jin Yu ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced computed tomography; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Enhancement pattern; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Low mechanical index

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST ENHANCED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CECT); CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND (CEUS); ENHANCEMENT PATTERNS; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; LOW MECHANICAL INDEX;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33747053990     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2006.03.031     Document Type: Article

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