Comparing differential tissue harmonic imaging with tissue harmonic and fundamental gray scale imaging of the liver

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1557-1563

  Chiou, See Ying ^a   Forsberg, Flemming ^b   Fox, Traci B ^b   Needleman, Laurence ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential tissue harmonic imaging; Liver; Sonography; Tissue harmonic imaging

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; TISSUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

DIFFERENTIAL TISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING; HEPATIC IMAGING; TISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL TISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER; LIVER INJURY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; TISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38549160180     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.11.1557     Document Type: Article

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