An evaluation of hepatic ultrasound speed in injury models in rats: Correlation with tissue constituents

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 563-570

  Matsuhashi, Takaaki ^a,b   Yamada, Nobuo ^a   Shinzawa, Haruhide ^a   Takahashi, Tsuneo ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yamagata Pref Nihonkai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver disease, diffuse; Sound, speed of; Tissue characterization; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; COLLAGEN; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; WATER;

HEPATIC ULTRASOUND SPEED; LIVER HISTOLOGY; RATS; TISSUE CONSTITUENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0030221807     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1996.15.8.563     Document Type: Article

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