Sonazoid-enhanced ultrasonography for diagnosis of hepatic malignancies: Comparison with contrast-enhanced CT

Oncology

Volumn 75, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 42-47

  Hatanaka, Kinuyo ^a   Kudo, Masatoshi ^a   Minami, Yasunori ^a   Maekawa, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Defect reperfusion imaging; Hepatic malignancies; Sonazoid; Sonazoid enhanced ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL; PERFLUBUTANE;

ADULT; AGED; B SCAN; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPLASIA; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 58149091736     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000173423     Document Type: Conference Paper

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