A trans pulmonary contrast medium enhances the transcranial doppler signal in humans

Stroke

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1993, Pages 1903-1909

  Ries, Fernand ^a   Honisch, Claudia ^a   Lambertz, Markus ^a   Schlief, Reinhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Diagnostic imaging; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GALACTOSE; PALMITIC ACID; SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GALACTOSE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0027434137     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.24.12.1903     Document Type: Article

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