Advances in Ultrasound Technology in Oncologic Urology

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-145

  Gravas, Stavros ^a   Mamoulakis, Charalampos ^b   Rioja, Jorge ^b   Tzortzis, Vassilios ^a   de Reijke, Theodor ^b   Wijkstra, Hessel ^b   de la Rosette, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bladder; Cancer; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Elastography; Kidney; Prostate; Testis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRYOABLATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; UROLOGY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 65249137065     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2009.02.006     Document Type: Review

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