Confounding effects of myocardial background intensity and attenuation in contrast echocardiography: An in vivo study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1177-1184

  Bos, Luc J ^a,b   Piek, Jan J ^a   Vergroesen, Isabelle ^b   Spaan, Jos A E ^b  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Background intensity; Contrast echocardiography; Dogs; Infoson; Transit rate; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MYOCARDIAL BACKGROUND INTENSITY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADENOSINE; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; INFOSON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ERROR; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; IMAGING; INTRACORONARY INFUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL PERFUSION; TECHNIQUE; TIME;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MICROSPHERES;

EID: 0032854370     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00080-0     Document Type: Article

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