The Doppler kinetics of microbubble echo contrast

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 453-462

  Schwarz, Karl Q ^a,c   Chen, X ^a   Bezante, G P ^d   Phillips, D ^a   Schlief, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Echocardiography; Levovist; SH U 508A; Ultrasound contrast

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DOPPLER EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; KINETIC THEORY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANESTHETIZED DOGS; CONTRAST DOSE; DOPPLER KINETICS; MICROBUBBLE CONCENTRATION; MICROBUBBLE ECHO CONTRAST; PASS EFFECT; SACCHARIDE BASED AGENT;

AGENTS;

SHU 508;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART OUTPUT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029970045     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(96)00021-X     Document Type: Article

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