Harmonic imaging of porcine intraovarian arteries using sonographic contrast medium: Initial findings

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 266-270

  Ragavendra, N ^a,c   Chen, H ^a   Powers, J E ^b   Nilawat, C ^a   Robert, J M ^a   Carangi, C ^a   Laifer Narin, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Advanced Technology Laboratories   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial sonography; Harmonic imaging; Ovarian neoplasm; Ovarian sonography; Ultrasound contrast media

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; LAPAROTOMY; NONHUMAN; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY TUMOR; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0030942675     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.09040266.x     Document Type: Article

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