Color doppler twinkling artifacts in various conditions during abdominal and pelvic sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 621-632

  Kim, Hyun Cheol ^a   Yang, Dal Mo ^a   Jin, Wook ^a   Ryu, Jung Kyu ^a   Shin, Hyeong Cheol ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Color doppler sonography; Pelvis; Sonography; Twinkling artifact

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COLOR; DOPPLER EFFECT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ABDOMEN; COLOR DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVES; MACHINE FACTORS; PELVIC SONOGRAPHY; PELVIS; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCIES; TWINKLING ARTIFACTS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BILE DUCT TUMOR; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; UROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 77951486124     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.4.621     Document Type: Article

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