Enhancement characteristics of benign and malignant focal peripheral nodules in the peripheral zone of the prostate gland studied using contrast-enhanced transrectal ultrasound

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1086-1091

  Tang, J ^a   Yang, J C ^a   Luo, Y ^a   Li, J ^a   Li, Y ^a   Shi, H ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 50649103276     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.11.026     Document Type: Article

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