Diagnosis value of focal liver lesions with SonoVue ®- enhanced ultrasound compared with contrast-enhanced computed tomography and contrast-enhanced MRI: A meta-analysis

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1595-1605

  Guang, Yang ^a   Xie, Limei ^a   Ding, Hailong ^a   Cai, Ailu ^a   Huang, Ying ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CECT; CEMRI; FLLs; Meta analysis; SonoVue enhanced ultrasound

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL LIVER LESION; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER INJURY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80054763209     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: 14321335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-011-1035-8     Document Type: Article

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