Four-dimensional volume contrast ultrasound imaging of the gallbladder compared with tissue harmonic imaging: Preliminary experience

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1657-1664

  Kim, Se Hyung ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^a   Lee, Kyoung Ho ^b   Kim, Young Jun ^a   An, Su Kyung ^a   Han, Chang Jin ^a   Han, Joon Koo ^a   Choi, Byung Ihn ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; Technology; US

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACT; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SOUND DETECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS; TISSUE SLICE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4544219897     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2376-3     Document Type: Review

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