Contrast-enhanced ultrasound with perflubutane microbubble agent: Evaluation of differentiation of hepatocellular carcinoma

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Takahashi, Masanori ^a   Maruyama, Hitoshi ^a   Ishibashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Yoshikawa, Masaharu ^a   Yokosuka, Osamu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellular differentiation; Contrast agent; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PERFLUBUTANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER ARTERIOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79251516723     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4242     Document Type: Article

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