Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 202-208 , February 2010

Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography for the Evaluation of Focal Solid Hepatic Lesions: Preliminary Findings

  • Seung Hyun Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and the Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • Department of Radiology, Catholic University of Daegu, School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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  • Jae Young Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and the Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Jae Young Lee, M.D., Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, 28 Yeongon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea.
    • ,
  • Joon Koo Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and the Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Byung Ihn Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and the Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Received 30 May 2009 ,Revised 10 October 2009 ,Accepted 15 October 2009.

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PII: S0301-5629(09)01578-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.10.009

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 202-208 , February 2010

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