Comprehensive review of imaging modalities for diagnosis and characterization of focal liver lesions
Berivan KA Alarsalani
Abstract:Focal liver lesions (FLLs) include a variety of benign and malignant lesions, hepatocellular cancer (HCC) and metastases are the most common malignant forms of FLLs. FLLs are often discovered incidentally due to the widespread use of imaging modalities. Gray-scale ultrasound (US) is frequently used as the initial screening to detect FLLs. Furthermore, a variety of imaging modalities are used to diagnose FLLs, including contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), contrast and non-contrast of computed tomography (CT), … Show more
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