New techniques and future perspective of EUS for the differential diagnosis of pancreatic malignancies: Contrast harmonic imaging

Digestive Endoscopy

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 46-50

  Kitano, Masayuki ^a   Sakamoto, Hiroki ^a   Komaki, Takamitsu ^a   Kudo, Masatoshi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced harmonic EUS; EUS; Pancreatic carcinoma; Ultrasound contrast agent; Vascularity

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PERFUSION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79955575072     PISSN: 09155635     EISSN: 14431661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2011.01146.x     Document Type: Review

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