Speckle decorrelation flow measurement with B-mode US of contrast agent flow in a phantom and in rabbit kidney

Radiology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 429-437

  Rubin, Jonathan M ^a   Fowlkes, J Brian ^a   Tuthill, Theresa A ^a   Moskalik, Aaron P ^a   Rhee, Richard T ^a   Adler, Ronald S ^a,b   Kazanjian, Sahira N ^a   Carson, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood vessels, US; Blood, flow dynamics; Ultrasound (US), contrast media; Ultrasound (US), doppler studies; Ultrasound (US), experimental studies; Ultrasound (US), physics; Ultrasound (US), technology

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; PERFLUTREN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032759724     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.213.2.r99nv14429     Document Type: Article

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