Hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia: Contrastenhanced ultrasound findings with emphasis on lesion size, depth and liver echogenicity

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2248-2256

  Bartolotta, Tommaso Vincenzo ^a,b   Taibbi, Adele ^a   Matranga, Domenica ^a   Malizia, Giovanni ^a   Lagalla, Roberto ^a   Midiri, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Focal nodular hyperplasia; Liver diseases; Microbubbles; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LESION SIZE; LIVER ECHOGENICITY; LIVER FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957936830     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1775-x     Document Type: Article

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