Differentiation of benign from malignant liver masses with acoustic radiation force impulse technique

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 217-223

  Yu, Hojun ^a   Wilson, Stephanie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse; elastography; liver masses

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE TECHNIQUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 82455167335     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: 15360253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e318239422e     Document Type: Article

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