Characterization of portal vein thrombus with the use of contrast-enhanced sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1147-1152

  Ueno, Norio ^a   Kawamura, Harunobu ^b   Takahashi, Hirokazu ^b   Fujisawa, Nobutaka ^b   Yoneda, Masato ^b   Kirikoshi, Hiroyuki ^b   Sakaguchi, Takashi ^b   Saito, Satoru ^b   Togo, Shinji ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal imaging; Characterization; Contrast media; Dynamic sonography; Portal vein thrombus

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIA; DOPPLER EFFECT; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ABDOMINAL IMAGING; DYNAMIC SONOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN THROMBUS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCED SONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 33748189015     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.9.1147     Document Type: Article

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