title: Possibilities of interventional ultrasound in diagnosing diffuse hepatic lesions--our modification of the classical method.
abstract: 48 ultrasound-guided biopsies of diffuse hepatic lesions were performed using a modification of the Chiba-22G and 23G needle and a new technique of quantified automatic aspiration. The modifications and the new technique increased the technical success and improved the diagnostic parameters of the method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Medicine, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nedeva
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alagozian
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nedev
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*