Intraoperative ultrasonography (IOUS) is the most accurate diagnostic technique for staging hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but has low accuracy in differentiating the new nodules detected in the cirrhotic liver. The aim of this preliminary report is to evaluate whether contrast-enhanced intraoperat
Contrast-enhanced 3D ultrasonography in minute hepatocellular carcinoma
β Scribed by Masao Ohto; Ryu Ito; Nei Soma; Hiroyuki Fukuda; Yasushi Shinohara; Akio Sakamoto; Fukuo Kondo
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- Japanese
- Weight
- 694 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1346-4523
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