Differential diagnosis of gallbladder diseases with contrast-enhanced harmonic gray scale ultrasonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 763-774

  Numata, Kazushi ^a   Oka, Hiroyuki ^a   Morimoto, Manabu ^a   Sugimori, Kazuya ^a   Kunisaki, Reiko ^a   Nihonmatsu, Hiromi ^a   Matsuo, Kenichi ^a   Nagano, Yasuhiko ^a   Nozawa, Akinori ^a   Tanaka, Katsuaki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biliary sludge; Cholesterol polyp; Contrast enhanced harmonic gray scale ultrasonography; Gallbladder carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BILIARY SLUDGE; CHOLESTEROL POLYP; CONTRAST-ENHANCED HARMONIC GRAY SCALE ULTRASONOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

SHU 508;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34249899909     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.6.763     Document Type: Article

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