Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 379-388 , March 2007

Color Doppler US Pulmonary Artery Vessel Signal: A Sign for Predicting the Benign Lesions

  • Wu-Huei Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Wu-Huei Hsu, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
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  • Yang-Hao Yu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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  • Chih-Yen Tu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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  • Jen-Yuan Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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  • Chih-Yi Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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  • Chun-Lieh Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Feng-Yuan Hospital, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Taiwan.
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  • Po-Cheung Kwan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Received 12 April 2006 ,Revised 8 August 2006 ,Accepted 17 August 2006.

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PII: S0301-5629(06)01806-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.08.011

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 379-388 , March 2007

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