Evaluating the liver tumors using three-dimensional ultrasonography. A pictorial essay

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-92

  Badea, Radu ^a   Socaciu, Mihai ^a   Lupşor, Monica ^a   Moşteanu, Ofelia ^a   Pop, Teodora ^a  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Imaging techniques; Liver tumors; Three dimensional ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR SCINTISCANNING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 34047272997     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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