Characterization of benign hepatic tumors arising in fatty liver with SonoVue and pulse inversion US

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-91

  Bartolotta, T V ^a   Midiri, M ^a   Galia, M ^a   Rollandi, G A ^b   Cademartiri, F ^c   Lagalla, R ^a   Cardinale, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Fatty liver; Liver neoplasms, ultrasound; Pulse inversion imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SAMPLE SIZE;

ADENOMA, LIVER CELL; ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34248358711     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-005-0074-5     Document Type: Article

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