Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography to detect liver metastases

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-207

  Konopke, Ralf ^a   Kersting, S ^a   Bergert, H ^a   Bloomenthal, A ^b   Gastmeier, J ^a   Saeger, H D ^a   Bunk, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Liver metastases; Sono Vue; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROTOMY; LIGAMENT; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845707526     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-006-0134-5     Document Type: Article

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