Pulse inversion imaging of liver blood flow: Improved method for characterizing focal masses with microbubble contrast

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 58-71

  Burns, Peter N ^a,c   Wilson, Stephanie R ^b   Simpson, David Hope ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Focal liver masses; Harmonic imaging; Liver blood flow; Pulse inversion imaging; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069; OCTAFLUOROPROPANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE INVERSION IMAGING;

EID: 0033980281     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-200001000-00007     Document Type: Article

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