1.5 Harmonic Imaging Sonography with microbubble contrast agent improves characterization of hepatocellular carcinoma

Advanced Search

BPG is committed to discovery and dissemination of knowledge

Home / Archive / Volume 11, Issue 36

This Article

Citation of this article

Corresponding Author of This Article

Article-Type of This Article

Open-Access Policy of This Article

Times Cited Counts in Google of This Article

Number of Hits and Downloads for This Article

All Articles published online

Item

Count

PDF

235

HTML

1948

Figures (1-7)

241

Tables (1-2)

174

Sum=2598

Sep 28, 2005 (publication date) through Nov 13, 2024

Times Cited of This Article

Journal Information of This Article

Publication Name

World Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN

1007-9327

Publisher of This Article

Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA

Liver Cancer

World J Gastroenterol. Sep 28, 2005; 11(36): 5607-5613
Published online Sep 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i36.5607

Table 1 Detection of HCC tumors with different imaging modalities (n = 42)

	1.5 Harmonic (early phase)enhancement	Imaging sonography (late phase)no enhancement	CTAP	US CO₂angiography	DSA	CECT
Positive cases	36	42	42	42	34	39
(%)	(85.7)	(100)	(100)	(100)	(81.0)	(92.9)

Table 2 Evaluation of TAE response in HCCs by using 1.5 Harmonic Imaging Sonography compared with contrast-enhanced CT

Findings atcontrast-enhanced CT	Vascularfindings at 1.5enhancement	Harmonic imagingsonographyno enhancement
Incomplete (n = 14)	14	0
Complete (n = 28)	6	22

Citation: Yamamoto K, Shiraki K, Nakanishi S, Fuke H, Nakano T, Hashimoto A, Shimizu A, Hamataki T. 1.5 Harmonic Imaging Sonography with microbubble contrast agent improves characterization of hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11(36): 5607-5613
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v11/i36/5607.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v11.i36.5607