Usefulness of the twinkling artifact in identifying implanted mesh after inguinal hernia repair

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1059-1065

  Girish, Gandikota ^a   Caoili, Elaine M ^a   Pandya, Amit ^a   Dong, Qian ^a   Franz, Michael G ^a   Morag, Yoav ^a   Higgins, Ellen J ^a   Rubin, Jonathan M ^a   Jamadar, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Mesh; Twinkling artifact

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; REPAIR; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VISIBILITY;

ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; COLOR DOPPLER IMAGES; GRAY SCALE SONOGRAPHY; INGUINAL HERNIA; LINEAR ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; MESH; SONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATIONS; TWINKLING ARTIFACTS;

MESH GENERATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRANSDUCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 79961079143     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.8.1059     Document Type: Article

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