Contrast enhanced ultrasound of kidneys. Pictorial essay

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-156

  Prakash, Ashutosh ^a   Tan, Gerald Jit Shen ^a   Wansaicheong, Gervais Khin Lin ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Microbubbles; Renal masses; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCED ECHOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EXCRETION; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; KIDNEY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY TUMOR; MICROBUBBLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MICROBUBBLES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 80052697912     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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