Pitfalls and artefacts using contrast enhanced ultrasound;Artefakte in der Kontrastmittelsonografie

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 350-356

  Dietrich, C F ^a   Ignee, A ^a   Hocke, M ^b   Schreiber Dietrich, D ^a   Greis, C ^c  

^a CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Meiningen   (Germany)

^c Bracco Imaging Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

artefacts; image interpretation; pitfalls; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MICROBUBBLE; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79952505974     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1245851     Document Type: Article

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