Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) for the study of peripheral lung lesions: A preliminary study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1467-1472

  Sperandeo, Marco ^a   Sperandeo, Giuseppe ^a   Varriale, Antonio ^a   Filabozzi, Paola ^a   Decuzzi, Marco ^b   Dimitri, Lucia ^a   Vendemiale, Gianluigi ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasonography; Lung tumors; Transthoracic fine needle biopsy

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; LUNG TUMORS; TISSUE SAMPLING; TRANSTHORACIC FINE-NEEDLE BIOPSY;

BIOPSY; CARCINOGENS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; SCANNING; TISSUE; TUMORS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGED; ARM BLOOD VESSEL; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HAMARTOMA; HISTIOCYTOMA; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LIPOMA; LUNG INJURY; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 33749669778     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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