Liver metastases in cancer: Detection with contrast-enhanced ultrasonography

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 669-681

  Hohmann, J ^a   Albrecht, T ^a   Oldenburg, A ^a   Skrok, J ^a   Wolf, K J ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Detection; Metastases; Microbubbles; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; BR 14; BUTANE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ECHOVIST; FS 069; NC 100100; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROBUTANE; PERFLUOROPENTANE; PERFLUTREN; SHU 508; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SONOVIST; SONOVUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR; APPARATUS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER METASTASIS; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUND; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICROBUBBLES; POLYSACCHARIDES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 4944228047     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-004-0175-6     Document Type: Review

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