Ultrasonography of the pancreas. 2. Harmonic imaging

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-160

  Hohl, C ^a   Schmidt, T ^a   Honnef, D ^a   Gunther R W ^a   Haage, P ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pancreas; Tissue harmonic imaging; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISPLAY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; PANCREAS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING;

HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34250006171     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-006-9017-z     Document Type: Article

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