Improving the visibility of intracranial vessels by using the echo- enhancing substance Levovist(TM) during duplex-sonographical examination;Verbesserung der darstellbarkeit intrakranieller gefasse mit farbkodierter duplexsonographie durch den echosignalverstarker Levovist®

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 107-111

  Iglseder, B ^a,b   Patt, C M ^a   Raffer, E ^a   Hess Eberle, I ^a   Huemer, M ^a   Staffen, W ^a   Ladurner, C ^a  

^a Christian Doppler Klinik   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cerebral arteries; Echo enhancing substances; Trans cranial color coded duplex

Indexed keywords

SHU 508; CONTRAST MEDIUM; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; AGED; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0033912125     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-3792     Document Type: Article

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