Advances in Diagnostic Imaging
The Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Liver



Book Properties
ISBN: 8847004578
Title: Advances in Diagnostic Imaging: The Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Liver
Author: Riccardo Lencioni Clotilde Della Pina Laura Crocetti Dania Cioni Hans Peter Weskott Jean-Michel Correas Ahmed Khairoune Anais Vallet-Picard Stanislas Pol Oliver Hélénon
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: 2006-03-10
Number Of Pages: 56

Editorial Description
In recent years, the imaging-based diagnosis of mass liver lesions has become increasingly complex due to the number and morphological variability of lesions that modern imaging techniques are currently able to display. If the sensitivity in detection has greatly increased, characterisation has remained difficult and represents a critical challenge for the clinician. The availability of blood-pool contrast agents for ultrasound (US), in particular second-generation US contrast agents based on