Diagnostic benefit of echocontrast enhancement for the insufficient transtemporal bone window

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 102-107

  Nabavi, Darius G ^a   Droste, Dirk W ^b   Schulte Altedorneburg, Gernot ^b   Kemény, Vendel ^b   Panzica, Martin ^b   Weber, Sepp ^b   Ringelstein, E Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bone window; Diagnostic ultrasonography; Echocontrast agents; Echoenhancement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TEMPORAL BONE; BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; SKULL;

EID: 0033007346     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon199992102     Document Type: Article

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