Peripheral zone hypoechoic lesions of the prostate: Evaluation with contrast-enhanced gray scale transrectal ultrasonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1671-1679

  Tang, Jie ^a   Jing, Chun Yang ^a   Li, Yanmi ^a   Li, Junlai ^a   Shi, Huaiyin ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Peripheral zone; Prostate cancer; Transrectal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; DISEASES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST AGENTS; PERIPHERAL ZONE; PROSTATE CANCER; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 36749099928     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.12.1671     Document Type: Article

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