Comparison of Gray-Scale Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography with Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography in Different Grading of Blunt Hepatic and Splenic Trauma: An Animal Experiment

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 566-575

  Tang, Jie ^a   Li, Wenxiu ^a   Lv, Faqin ^a   Zhang, Huiqin ^a   Zhang, Lihai ^a   Wang, Yuexiang ^a   Li, Junlai ^a   Yang, Li ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Animal experiment; Blunt abdominal trauma; Contrast enhanced computed tomography; Contrast enhanced ultrasonography; Different grading; Liver; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA; CONTRAST-ENHANCED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; DIFFERENT GRADING; SPLEEN;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTS; GRADING; LIVER; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; LIVER; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 62849127357     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.09.028     Document Type: Article

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