Guidelines and Good Clinical Practice Recommendations for Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in the Liver - Update 2012. A WFUMB-EFSUMB Initiative in Cooperation with Representatives of AFSUMB, AIUM, ASUM, FLAUS and ICUS

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-210

  Claudon, Michel ^a   Dietrich, Christoph F ^b   Choi, Byung Ihn ^c   Cosgrove, David O ^d   Kudo, Masatoshi ^e   Nolsøe, Christian P ^f   Piscaglia, Fabio ^g   Wilson, Stephanie R ^h   Barr, Richard G ⁱ   Chammas, Maria C ^j   Chaubal, Nitin G ^k   Chen, Min Hua ^l   Clevert, Dirk Andre ^m   Correas, Jean Michel ⁿ   Ding, Hong ^o   Forsberg, Flemming ^p   Fowlkes, J Brian ^q   Gibson, Robert N ^r   Goldberg, Barry B ^s   Lassau, Nathalie ^t   Leen, Edward L S ^u   Mattrey, Robert F ^v   Moriyasu, Fuminori ^w   Solbiati, Luigi ^x   Weskott, Hans Peter ^y   Xu, Hui Xiong ^z   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁱ NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^k JASLOK HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^l PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^m LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁿ HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^o FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^p THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^s THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^t INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^u IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^w TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^x BUSTO ARSIZIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^y Klinikum Region Hannover   (Germany)

^z TENTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

more..

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Focal nodular hyperplasia; Hemangioma; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Metastases; Microbubble

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ITERATIVE METHODS;

FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEMANGIOMA; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; METASTASES; MICRO-BUBBLE;

ULTRASONICS;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; PERFLUBUTANE; PERFLUTREN; SONOVUE;

ADENOMA; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; FOCAL LIVER LESION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CYST; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPERFUSION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84871797619     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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