Clinical utility of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging for identification of malignant liver lesions: A meta-analysis

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2798-2805

  Ying, Li ^a   Lin, Xiao ^a   Xie, Zuo Liu ^a   Tang, Fei Yun ^a   Hu, Yuan Ping ^a   Shi, Ke Qing ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Liver lesions; Sensitivity; Shear wave speed; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MALIGNANT LIVER LESION; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOPSY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84870350803     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2540-0     Document Type: Article

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