Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 353-361 , March 2007

Diagnosis of Gallbladder Diseases by Contrast-Enhanced Phase-Inversion Harmonic Ultrasonography

  • Tatsuo Inoue

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan
    • ,
  • Masayuki Kitano

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Masayuki Kitano, MD, PhD, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osaka-Sayama 589-8511, Japan.
    • ,
  • Masatoshi Kudo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroki Sakamoto

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan
    • ,
  • Toshihiko Kawasaki

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan
    • ,
  • Chikao Yasuda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan
    • ,
  • Kiyoshi Maekawa

      Affiliations

    • Central Clinical Laboratories, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan

Received 21 March 2006 ,Revised 29 August 2006 ,Accepted 7 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.09.003

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 353-361 , March 2007

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