Characterization of hepatic tumors with contrast-enhanced ultrasound and digital grey-scale analysis;Charakterisierung von lebertumoren durch kontrastverstärkte sonographie und digitale graustufenbestimmung

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 176, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1607-1616

  Lemke, Arne Jörn ^a   Chopra, S S ^a   Hengst, S A ^a   Brinkmann, M J ^a   Steinmuller T ^b   Felix, R ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b VIVANTES HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liver tumors; Tumor characterization; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOMA, LIVER CELL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 8444249315     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-813585     Document Type: Article

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