The diagnostic value of Doppler Resistive Index in the differential diagnosis of focal liver lesions

Affiliations

Dong Yi: 1Department of Ultrasound, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Wang Wen-Ping: 2Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Ignee Andre: 3Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Julius-Spital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Zuo Dan: 2Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Qiu Yi-Jie: 2Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Zhang Qi: 2Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Lu Xiu-Yun: 2Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Chen Sheng: 2Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Dietrich Christoph Frank: 4Department General Internal Medicine, Hirslanden Clinics Beau-Site, Salem and Permancence, Bern, Switzerland

Abstract

To investigate the diagnostic value of resistance index (RI) in differentiating focal liver lesions.