Centrifugal (inside-out) enhancement of liver hemangiomas: A possible atypical appearance on contrast-enhanced US

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 447-455

  Bartolotta, Tommaso Vincenzo ^a   Taibbi, Adele ^a   Galia, Massimo ^a   Lo Re, Giuseppe ^a   La Grutta, Ludovico ^a   Grassi, Roberto ^b   Midiri, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Hemangiomas; Liver; Liver neoplasms; Pulse inversion harmonic imaging; Ultrasound; US

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

HEMANGIOMAS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PULSE INVERSION HARMONIC IMAGING;

TUMORS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE INVERSION HARMONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PORTAL VEIN; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 36148980797     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.02.038     Document Type: Article

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