Comparison of fundamental sonography, tissue-harmonic sonography, fundamental compound sonography, and tissue-harmonic compound sonography for focal hepatic lesions

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2444-2453

  Kim, Se Hyung ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^a,b   Kim, Kwang Gi ^b   Kim, Jong Hyo ^a,b   Han, Joon Koo ^a,b   Lee, Jae Young ^a   Choi, Byung Ihn ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Liver; Neoplasm; Techniques; US

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRIEDMAN TEST; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33750453812     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0205-6     Document Type: Article

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