Intra-operative application of real-time tissue elastography for the diagnosis of liver tumours

Liver International

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1264-1271

  Kato, Koichi ^a   Sugimoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Kanazumi, Naohito ^a   Nomoto, Shuji ^a   Takeda, Shin ^a   Nakao, Akimasa ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Elasticity; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Intra operative; Liver; Real time elastography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; REAL TIME TISSUE ELASTOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 51649110458     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01701.x     Document Type: Article

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