Pearls and pitfalls in hepatic ultrasonography

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-25

  Shin, David S ^a   Jeffrey, R Brooke ^a   Desser, Terry S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse disease; Focal lesion; Hepatic; Imaging; Liver; Signs of disease; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA CAVITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; PORTAL VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77949404668     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e3181ce1537     Document Type: Review

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