Comparative study of shear wave velocities using acoustic radiation force impulse technology in hepatocellular carcinoma: The extent of radiofrequency ablation

Gut and Liver

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 362-367

  Kang, Jiyoung ^a   Kwon, Heejin ^a   Cho, Jinhan ^a   Oh, Jongyoung ^a   Nam, Kyungjin ^a   Yoon, Seongkuk ^a   Kang, Myongjin ^a   Lee, Sungwook ^a   Han, Sangyeong ^a  

^a Dong A University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Elasticity imaging techniques; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

EID: 84865434156     PISSN: 19762283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2012.6.3.362     Document Type: Article

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