Differentiation of benign and malignant focal liver lesions: value of virtual touch tissue quantification of acoustic radiation force impulse elastography

Medical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Guo, Le Hang ^a   Wang, Shu Jun ^a   Xu, Hui Xiong ^a   Sun, Li Ping ^a   Zhang, Yi Feng ^a   Xu, Jun Mei ^a   Wu, Jian ^a   Fu, Hui Jun ^a   Xu, Xiao Hong ^b  

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

^b GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse; Focal liver lesion; Shear wave velocity; Virtual touch quantification

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOCAL LIVER LESION; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RIGIDITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; VELOCITY; VIRTUAL TISSUE QUANTIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923324271     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-015-0543-9     Document Type: Article

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