Characterization of malignant focal liver lesions with contrast-enhanced 40 MHz ultrasound imaging in hepatitis B virus X transgenic mice: A feasibility study

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 203-216

  Liao, Ai Ho ^a   Cheng, Ya Chien ^a   Weng, Chien Hsiu ^a   Tsai, Ting Fen ^b   Lin, Wei Hsiang ^c   Yeh, Shiou Hwei ^c   Yeh, Wen Chun ^c   Li, Pai Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

High frequency ultrasound; Malignant focal liver lesion; Microbubble; Time intensity curves

Indexed keywords

MEDICINE; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VIRUSES;

CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOCAL LIVER LESIONS; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; MICRO-BUBBLE; TIME-INTENSITY CURVES; ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE;

MAMMALS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 66749094832     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460803000402     Document Type: Article

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