Small nodules (1-2 cm) in liver cirrhosis: Characterization with contrast-enhanced ultrasound

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 418-424

  Jang, Hyun Jung ^a   Kim, Tae Kyoung ^a   Wilson, Stephanie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Liver cirrhosis, Ultrasound; Liver neoplasms, Ultrasound; Ultrasound, Contrast enhanced

Indexed keywords

BENIGN LESION; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PHASE CONTRASTS; SMALL NODULES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIOPSY; LIVER; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGENERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70449669568     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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