Benign liver masses: Imaging with microbubble contrast agents

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-39

  Kim, Tae Kyoung ^a,b   Jang, Hyun Jung ^a   Wilson, Stephanie R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Liver tumors; Microbubbles; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MICROBUBBLE; MORPHOLOGY; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; VASCULARIZATION;

ADENOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICROBUBBLES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33749449265     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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