Baseline and contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the liver in tumor patients;Sonografische leberdiagnostik bei tumorpatienten ohne und mit kontrastmittel

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 488-498

  Oldenburg, Anja ^a   Albrecht, T ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Metastases; Microbubbles; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SARCOMA, EWING'S; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 54849428560     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027195     Document Type: Review

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