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17520509

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
22
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-23
pubmed:abstractText
The diagnostic process, differential diagnosis and continuing routine follow-up of patients with focal liver lesions require an easily available, reliable and cost-effective diagnostic method. Ultrasound is a widely used method for the detection of liver lesions, but it has generally been regarded as inferior to contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Recent advances in contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) have improved the detection rate to a level similar to that attained with CT and MRI. Because of the high spatial resolution of ultrasound, CEUS can also detect metastases smaller than 1 cm. This has been demonstrated in several single-centre studies and recently also a European multi-centre study. This review focuses on the recent advances of CEUS in detecting and characterizing focal liver lesions.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1439-4413
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
132
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1225-31
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
[Contrast enhanced ultrasound of the liver--state of the art].
pubmed:affiliation
Innere Medizin 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Germany. christoph.dietrich@ckbm.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review