Power Doppler sonography for hepatocellular carcinoma: Factors affecting the power Doppler signals of the tumors

Liver

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 427-433

  Imamura, Masatoshi ^a   Shiratori, Yasushi ^a,b   Shiina, Shuichiro ^a   Sato, Sin'pei ^a   Obi, Shun'taro ^a   Okudaira, Takehito ^a   Teratani, Takuma ^a   Kato, Naoya ^a   Akahane, Masaaki ^a   Ohtomo, Kuni ^a   Minami, Manabu ^a   Omata, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doppler signals; Echo pattern; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Histological differentiation; Power Doppler sonography; Tumor size

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 7844224385     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0676.1998.tb00828.x     Document Type: Article

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