Real-time contrast-enhanced ultrasound-guided biopsy of focal hepatic lesions not localised on B-mode ultrasound

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2047-2056

  Yoon, Soon Ho ^a   Lee, Kyoung Ho ^a   Kim, So Yeon ^a   Kim, Young Hoon ^a   Kim, Jee Hyun ^a   Lee, Sang Hyub ^a   Kim, Tae Kyoung ^b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Harmonic imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER INJURY; MALE; METASTASIS; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77957970315     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1757-z     Document Type: Article

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