Hepatic Transit Time Analysis Using Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound with BR1: A Prospective Study Comparing Patients with Liver Metastases from Colorectal Cancer with Healthy Volunteers

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1427-1435

  Hohmann, Joachim ^a   Müller, Christine ^b   Oldenburg, Anja ^b   Skrok, Jan ^b   Frericks, Bernd B ^b   Wolf, Karl Jürgen ^b   Albrecht, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

BR1; Colorectal cancer; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Hepatic transit time; Liver metastases

Indexed keywords

BR1; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; HEPATIC TRANSIT TIME; LIVER METASTASES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIVER; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL DETECTION; TIME MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BR 1; SONOVUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; PORTAL VEIN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PORTAL VEIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 68949146894     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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