Air Microbubbles as a Contrast Medium in Transcranial Doppler Sonography

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 173-178

  Ries, Fernand ^a   Kaal, Klaus ^a   Schultheiss, Rolf ^a   Solymosi, László ^a   Schlief, Reinhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHOVIST; GALACTOSE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AIR MICROBUBBLE; ANGIOGRAPHIC INJECTOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; AIR; AIR EMBOLISM; ANIMAL; BRAIN ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SWINE;

AIR; ANIMAL; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GALACTOSE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0026248499     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon199114173     Document Type: Article

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