Comparison of low and high frequency transducers in the detection of liver metastases

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 677-682

  Schacherer, D ^a   Wrede, C ^a   Obermeier, F ^a   Scholmerich J ^a   Schlottmann, K ^a   Klebl, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3.5 MHz transducer; 7.5 MHz transducer; Liver lesion; Malignancy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33748491478     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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