Characterization of fortuitously discovered focal liver lesions: additional information provided by shearwave elastography

European Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 346-358

  Ronot, Maxime ^a,b,c,e   Di Renzo, Sara ^a   Gregoli, Bettina ^a   Duran, Rafael ^a,d   Castera, Laurent ^a,b   Van Beers, Bernard E ^a,b,c   Vilgrain, Valérie ^a,b,c  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE BICHAT BEAUJON CRB3   (France)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Benign; Elastography; Focal liver lesion; Fortuitous; Shearwave

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RIGIDITY; SHEARWAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; TELANGIECTASIA; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMANGIOMA; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENOMA, LIVER CELL; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920813653     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3370-z     Document Type: Article

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