Air filled ultrasound contrast agents do not damage the celebral microvascular or brain tissue in rats

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 129-135

  Haggag, Kathrine J ^a   Russell, David ^a   Walday, Per ^b   Skiphamn, Aud ^b   Torvik, Ansgar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NYCOMED IMAGING AS   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brain microemboli; Evans blue; Ultrasound contrast media; Vascular brain lesions

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ECHOVIST; EVANS BLUE; MICROSPHERE; SHU 508;

AIR EMBOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROEMBOLISM; MICROVASCULATURE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031957043     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199803000-00001     Document Type: Article

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