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Cholelithiasis and acoustic shadowing
Author(s) -
Grossman Michael
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870060315
Subject(s) - medicine , acoustic shadow , radiology , ultrasound
The importance of the acoustic shadow in the ultrasound diagnosis of cholelithiasis has been stressed in recent reports. In vitro studies of gallstones indicate that the presence and magnitude of the acoustic shadow depend on a number of factors and suggest that a group of small stones may be demonstrable even though no acoustic shadow can be seen.