Acoustic radiation force impulse elastography in distinguishing hepatic haemangiomata frommetastases: Preliminary observations

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1006, 2011, Pages 939-943

  Davies, Gareth ^a   Koenen, M ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC HAEMANGIOMATA; HUMAN; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80053081878     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/97637841     Document Type: Article

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