Do ultrasonic contrast agents artificially increase maximum Doppler shift? In vivo study of human common carotid arteries

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-102

  Gutberiet, Matthias ^a   Venz, Stephan ^a   Zendel, Wolfgang ^a   Hosten, Norbert ^a   Felix, Roland ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Doppler sonography; Signal enhancer; Spectral Doppler sonography

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PULSATILE FLOW;

CAROTID ARTERIES; DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; PULSED WAVE DOPPLER;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0032006844     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1998.17.2.97     Document Type: Article

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