Contrast-Enhanced Harmonic Ultrasonography for the Assessment of Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness: a Preliminary Study
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Zhu, Yunkai
(Department of Ultrasound in Medicine, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine)
Chen, Yaqing (Department of Ultrasound in Medicine, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine) Jiang, Jun (Department of Ultrasound in Medicine, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine) Wang, Ren (Department of Ultrasound in Medicine, Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University) Zhou, Yongchang (Department of Ultrasound in Medicine, Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University) Zhang, Huizhen (Department of Pathology, Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University) |
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