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Clinical significance of vascular assessment by contrast-enhanced harmonic ultrasonography of pancreatic carcinomas

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Kitano, M. Clinical significance of vascular assessment by contrast-enhanced harmonic ultrasonography of pancreatic carcinomas. J Gastroenterol 40, 666–668 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-005-1627-7

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