Differential diagnosis of hepatic tumors: Value of contrast-enhanced harmonic sonography using the newly developed contrast agent, Sonazoid

Intervirology

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 61-69

  Hatanaka, Kinuyo ^a   Kudo, Masatoshi ^a   Minami, Yasunori ^a   Ueda, Taisuke ^a   Tatsumi, Chie ^a   Kitai, Satoshi ^a   Takahashi, Shunsuke ^a   Inoue, Tatsuo ^a   Hagiwara, Satoru ^a   Chung, Hobyung ^a   Ueshima, Kazuomi ^a   Maekawa, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced harmonic ultrasonography; Hepatic tumors; Intranodular hemodynamics; Intratumoral perfusion; Sonazoid; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PERFLUBUTANE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IRON; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 44949246325     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000122600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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