Quantitative assessment of hepatic fibrosis by contrast-enhanced ultrasonography

Chinese Medical Sciences Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 208-215

  Zhang, Ming Bo ^a   Qu, En Ze ^a   Liu, Ji Bin ^b   Wang, Jin Rui ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Inner Mongolia Institute of Ultrasound   (China)

Author keywords

contrast enhanced ultrasonography; hepatic fibrosis; non invasive; quantitative

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VENOUS PHASE HEPATIC ARTERIAL PHASE INTENSITY; PORTAL VENOUS PHASE HEPATIC ARTERIAL PHASE TIME INTENSITY CURVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862930955     PISSN: 10019294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-9294(12)60002-9     Document Type: Article

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