Diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced sonography and acoustic radiation force impulse imaging in solid liver lesions

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 205-214

  Zhang, Ping ^a   Zhou, Ping ^a   Tian, Shuang Ming ^a   Qian, Ying ^a   Li, Jia Le ^a   Li, Rui Zhen ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging; Contrast enhanced sonography; Elastography; Gastrointestinal ultrasound; Liver neoplasms; Sonography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; CONTRAST-ENHANCED SONOGRAPHIES; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST AGENT BR1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTRAST-ENHANCED SONOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; CONTRAST-ENHANCED SONOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL ULTRASOUND; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SONOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893546964     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.33.2.205     Document Type: Article

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