The use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the characterisation of focal liver lesions

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-25

  Soye, Jonathan A ^a,b   Mullan, C P ^a   Porter, S ^a   Beattie, H ^a   Barltrop, A H ^a   Nelson, W M ^a  

^a ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constrast; Liver; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 33846548086     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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