Detection of focal liver lesions in cirrhotic liver using contrast-enhanced ultrasound

• 作 者: Grace Lai-Hung Wong Hui-Xiong
• 机 构: InstituteofDigestiveDisease,DepartmentofMedicalUltrasonics
• 出 处: 世界放射学杂志：英文版（电子版）
• 发表日期: 2009年1期
• 关键词: CONTRAST-ENHANCED ultrasound CIRRHOSIS FOCAL LIVER LESIONS METASTATIC LIVER canc
• 基金项目: Supported by(in part)Grant No.NCET-06-0723 from Chinese Ministry of Education and grant 2008-2-10 of Public Welfare Research Special Project from Chinese Ministry of Health.

Patients with liver cirrhosis are at increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC).Conventional or baseline ultrasound(BUS)is often used as the first-line tool for HCC surveillance or detection,but the accuracy of BUS in HCC detection or differentiation