Differentiation of focal liver lesions using three-dimensional ultrasonography: Retrospective and prospective studies

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2109-2119

  Luo, Wen ^a,b   Numata, Kazushi ^a   Morimoto, Manabu ^a   Nozaki, Akito ^a   Ueda, Michio ^a   Kondo, Masaaki ^a   Morita, Satoshi ^a   Tanaka, Katsuaki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Liver; Neoplasms; Three dimensional; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PERFLUBUTANE;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 77952506848     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i17.2109     Document Type: Article

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