Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the small bowel in Crohn's disease

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1005-1013

  Quaia, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bowel; Contrast; Crohn; Microbubbles; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CROHN DISEASE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTESTINE, SMALL;

EID: 84884702450     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: 14320509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-013-0014-8     Document Type: Review

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