Contrast enhanced ultrasound with second generation contrast agent in traumatic liver lesions;Ecografia con mdc di seconda generazione nelle lesioni traumatiche del fegato

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 82-91

  Miele, Vittorio ^a   Buffa, Vitaliano ^a   Stasolla, Alessandro ^b   Regine, Giovanni ^a   Atzori, Maurizio ^a   Ialongo, Pasquale ^a   Adami, Loredana ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdomen, trauma; Computed Tomography; Liver, trauma; Ultrasonography, contrast medium

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STAGING;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 3843054542     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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