In vivo kinetics of microbubbles of SH U 508 A (Levovist®): Comparison with Indocyanine Green in rabbits

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1365-1370

  Uchimoto, Ryoko ^a   Niwa, Kazuo ^a   Eguchi, Hiroaki ^a   Kamiyama, Naohisa ^b   Mine, Yoshitaka ^b   Miyazawa, Tomoaki ^a   Brautigam, Matthias ^a  

^a Basic Research Institute   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal; Contrast agent; Doppler; Kinetics; Levovist; Microbubbles; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

SHU 508;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UPTAKE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; INDOCYANINE GREEN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MICROSPHERES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PORTAL VEIN; RABBITS; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL VEINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENAE CAVAE;

BLOOD VESSELS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONTRAST MEDIA; DOPPLER EFFECT; DYES; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTODIODES;

MICROBUBBLES;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0032586115     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00090-3     Document Type: Article

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