title: [Comparative study of hepatic metastasis with different modality ultrasound scanners].
abstract: 57 patients affected by liver metastases were examined with different types of dynamic ultrasound scanners (linear-sector-convex) in order to assess the advantages and the limits of each scanner and to evaluate if a better diagnostic accuracy is possible by using 2 types of scanner in the same patient. The results were estimated at 3 different levels: quantitative analysis where we considered only the presence or not of liver metastases; complex quantitative analysis where we also evaluate number and site of the metastases; qualitative structural analysis where we compared the ultrasonographic appearance of the metastases. All the results were evaluated by a personal computer with a special program and a statistical analysis was elaborated.
mesh_terms: D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: Studio comparativo delle metastasi epatiche con ecografi a differente modalità di scansione.