Contrast-enhanced ultrasound features of histologically proven focal nodular hyperplasia: Diagnostic performance compared with contrast-enhanced CT

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2546-2554

  Wang, Wei ^a   Chen, Li Da ^a   Lu, Ming De ^a   Liu, Guang Jian ^a   Shen, Shun Li ^a   Xu, Zuo Feng ^a   Xie, Xiao Yan ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Zhou, Lu Yao ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Contrast media; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Diagnostic test; Focal nodular hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL LIVER LESION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER GRANULOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTATIC LIVER CANCER; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SCAR FORMATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882240636     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2849-3     Document Type: Article

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