Contrast enhanced ultrasound for the diagnosis of liver hemangiomas in clinical practice

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-101

  Şirli, Roxana ^a   Sporea, Ioan ^a   Popescu, Alina ^a   Dǎnilǎ, Mirela ^a   Martie, Alina ^a   Bota, Simona ^a   Jurchiş, Ana ^a   Şendroiu, Mǎdǎlina ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Focal liver lesions; Hemangiomas

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCED ECHOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 80052771327     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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