Characterization of focal liver lesions (FLL) with acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastometry

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-409

  Heide, R ^a   Strobel, D ^a   Bernatik, T ^a   Goertz, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ARFI; elastometry; lesion; liver; tumor

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST AGENT BR1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT TUMOR; BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; BIOPSY; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEMANGIOMA; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 77955533875     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1245565     Document Type: Article

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