Diagnostic accuracy of CEUS in the differential diagnosis of small (20mm) and subcentimetric (10mm) focal liver lesions in comparison with histology: Results of the DEGUM multicenter trial

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 593-597

  Strobel, D ^a   Bernatik, T ^a   Blank, W ^b   Schuler, A ^c   Greis, C ^d   Dietrich, C F ^e   Seitz, K ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Krankenhaus Reutlingen   (Germany)

^c Helfenstein Klinik Geislingen   (Germany)

^d Bracco Imaging   (Germany)

^e CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^f Kreiskrankenhaus Sigmaringen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

abdomen; tumor; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST AGENT BR1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 82955243830     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1271114     Document Type: Article

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