Three-dimensional contrast-enhanced sonography of vascular patterns of focal liver tumors: Pilot study of visualization methods

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 165-173

  Luo, Wen ^a,b   Numata, Kazushi ^a   Morimoto, Manabu ^a   Nozaki, Akito ^a   Nagano, Yasuhiko ^a   Sugimori, Kazuya ^a   Tanaka, Katsuaki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3D sonography; Contrast enhanced; Liver neoplasms; Microbubble contrast agent

Indexed keywords

PERFLUBUTANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IRON; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OXIDES; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 58149234066     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1107     Document Type: Article

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