Doppler quantification of echo-contrast injections in vivo

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 269-278

  Hartley, Craig J ^a,b   Cheirif, Jorge ^a,b   Collier, Kevin R ^a,b   Stanley Bravenec, J ^a,b   Mickelson, Judith K ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast echocardiography; Doppler amplitude; Indicator dilution; Myocardial perfusion; Pulsed Doppler; Scattering; Sonicated albumin; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS;

AORTIC ROOT INJECTIONS; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER AMPLITUDE; INDICATOR DILUTION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION; PULSED DOPPLER CUFFS; SONICATED ALBUMIN;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALBUNEX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOG; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; INDICATOR DILUTION CURVE; MALE; NONHUMAN;

ALBUMINS; ANIMAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSPHERES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027310228     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(93)90099-A     Document Type: Article

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