Hepatocellular nodules in liver cirrhosis: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 244-263

  Kim, Tae Kyoung ^a   Lee, Kyoung Ho ^a,b   Khalili, Korosh ^a   Jang, Hyun Jung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dysplastic nodule; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver neoplasms; Microbubbles; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUOROCARBON; PERFLUTREN; SONOVUE;

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; MICROBUBBLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR ABLATION; ULTRASOUND;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960313667     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: 14320509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-011-9686-0     Document Type: Article

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