Non-invasive evaluation of liver cirrhosis using ultrasound

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1056-1066

  Goyal, N ^a   Jain, N ^a   Rachapalli, V ^a   Cochlin, D L ^a   Robinson, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCITES; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; ULTRASOUND;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PORTAL VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 70349728270     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.05.010     Document Type: Review

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