The role of late-phase pulse inversion harmonic imaging in the detection of occult hepatic metastases

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1139-1145

  Gültekin, Serap ^a,b   Yücel, Cem ^a   Özdemir, Hakan ^a   Çelik, Halil ^a   Oktar, Suna Özhan ^a   Araç, Mehmet ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Harmonic imaging; Occult hepatic metastases; Pulse inversion; Sonography

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST AGENTS; HARMONIC IMAGING; OCCULT HEPATIC METASTASES; PULSE INVERSION; SONOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; MANGAFODIPIR; SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER EXAMINATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCULT CANCER; PULSE INVERSION HARMONIC IMAGING; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33748205161     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.9.1139     Document Type: Article

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