Brain tumor imaging with transcranial sonography: State of the art and review of the literature

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 572-581

  Van Leyen, K ^a   Klotzsch C ^b,c   Harrer, J U ^c,d  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b Kliniken Schmieder Allensbach   (Germany)

^c Neurology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

brain tumor; contrast media; perfusion imaging; transcranial sonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 83655164963     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1273443     Document Type: Review

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