Percutaneous ultrasound-guided cholangiography using microbubbles to evaluate the dilated biliary tract: Initial experience

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 371-378

  Luyao, Zhou ^a   Xiaoyan, Xie ^a   Huixiong, Xu ^a   Zuo Feng, Xu ^a   Guang Jian, Liu ^a   Ming De, Lu ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cholangiography; Microbubble; Obstructive jaundice; PTC; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; EXTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS ULTRASOUND GUIDED CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; AGED; BILIARY TRACT; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84856625337     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2265-5     Document Type: Article

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