Hybrid ultrasound imaging techniques (fusion imaging)

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-52

  Sandulescu, Daniela Larisa ^a   Dumitrescu, Daniela ^a   Rogoveanu, Ion ^a   Saftoiu, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Focal liver lesions; Hybrid imaging; Real time virtual sonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HYBRID IMAGING; IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REAL TIME VISUAL SONOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 78651514341     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i1.49     Document Type: Article

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