Evaluating biliary anatomy and variations in living liver donors by a new technique: Three-dimensional contrast-enhanced ultrasonic cholangiography

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1282-1287

  Zheng, Rong Qin ^a   Chen, Gui Hua ^a   Xu, Er Jiao ^a   Mao, Ren ^a   Lu, Min Qiang ^a   Liao, Mei ^a   Ren, Jie ^a   Kai, Li ^a   Yi, Shu Hong ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biliary anatomy; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Intraoperative cholangiography; Living donor liver transplantation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATIONS; BILE DUCTS; BILIARY TREE; BRANCHING ORDER; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; COMMON HEPATIC DUCT; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; FIRST-ORDER; FOURTH ORDER; INTRA-OPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MICROBUBBLE CONTRAST AGENTS; SECOND ORDERS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; THIRD-ORDER;

LIVER; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS; VISIBILITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE; SONOVUE;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HEPATIC DUCT; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LIVER GRAFT; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BILE DUCTS; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955362071     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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