Diagnosis of bladder cancer: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 494-503

  Nicolau, Carlos ^a   Bunesch, Laura ^a   Sebastia, Carmen ^a   Salvador, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasms; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Diagnosis; Sonography; Staging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

BLADDER CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956922933     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-009-9540-9     Document Type: Review

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