Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in diagnosing liver malignancy

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 109-118

  Zuber Jerger, I ^a   Schacherer, D ^a   Woenckhaus, M ^a   Jung, E M ^a   Scholmerich J ^a   Klebl, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast ultrasound; Late phase; Liver lesion

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CANCER; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECOND CANCER; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449097479     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2009-1225     Document Type: Article

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