Real-time contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging of focal liver lesions in fatty liver

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-221

  Liu, Guang Jian ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Xie, Xiao Yan ^a   Xu, Hui Xiong ^a   Xu, Zuo Feng ^a   Zheng, Yan Ling ^a   Liang, Jin Yu ^a   Moriyasu, Fuminori ^b   Lu, Ming De ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Fatty liver; Focal liver lesions; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; FATTY LIVER; FOCAL LIVER LESIONS; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; IMAGING FEATURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; FOCUSING; ULTRASONICS;

LIVER;

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOCAL FATTY SPARING LESION; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROBUBBLE; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952851179     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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