Characterization of focal liver lesions with SonoVue®-enhanced sonography: International multicenter-study in comparison to CT and MRI

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 3748-3756

  Trillaud, Hervé ^a   Bruel, Jean Michel ^b   Valette, Pierre Jean ^c   Vilgrain, Valérie ^d   Schmutz, Gérard ^e   Oyen, Raymond ^f   Jakubowski, Wieslaw ^g   Danes, Jan ^h   Valek, Vlastimil ⁱ   Greis, Christian ^j  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Academic Hospital of Caen   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^h CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^j Bracco Imaging Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Contrast media; Contrast enhanced sonography; Dynamic sonography; Liver; Liver disease; Liver lesion; Oncologic imaging; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYNAMICS; ECHOGRAPHY; FOCAL LIVER LESION; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER INJURY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADULT; AGED; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 70350433042     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.3748     Document Type: Article

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