Power, spectral, and color flow Doppler enhancement by a new ultrasonographic contrast agent

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 843-852

  Pugh, Charles R ^a   Arger, Peter H ^a   Sehgal, Chandra M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Doppler ultrasonography; Power Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOPPLER EFFECT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

COLOR FLOW DOPPLER ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ECHOGEN CONTRAST AGENT; POWER FLOW DOPPLER ENHANCEMENT; SPECTRAL FLOW DOPPLER ENHANCEMENT;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ACEPROMAZINE; BUTORPHANOL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0030560923     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1996.15.12.843     Document Type: Article

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