Ultrasonographic detection of testicular ischemia in a canine model using phospholipid coated microbubbles (MRX-115)

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 317-324

  Metzger Rose, Catherine ^a   Krupinski, Elizabeth A ^a   Wright, William H ^a   Baker, Michael R ^a   McCreery, Thomas P ^b   Barrette, Terrence R ^b   Unger, Evan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ImaRx Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Dogs; Microbubbles; Testicular; Testis; Torsion; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONTRAST MEDIA; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; LIPIDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; STATISTICAL TESTS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MICROBUBBLES; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; PERFLUTREN; PHOSPHOLIPID COATED MICROBUBBLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOG; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS DISEASE;

EID: 0031149028     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.16.5.317     Document Type: Article

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