Color doppler sonography of intrahepatic vascular shunts

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 527-538

  Bertolotto, Michele ^a   Martinoli, Carlo ^b   Migaleddu, Vincenzo ^c   Cernic, Stefano ^a   Zappetti, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Sardinian Mediterranean Imaging Research Group no Profit Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color doppler sonography; Liver; Shunts; Vascular malformations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 56749131596     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20519     Document Type: Article

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