Sonographic depiction of tumor vascularity and flow: From in vivo models to clinical applications

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-61

  Fleischer, Arthur C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow, tumoral; Three dimensional color Doppler sonography; Tumors, blood flow; Tumors, vascularity

Indexed keywords

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY;

COLOR DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0033982797     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2000.19.1.55     Document Type: Review

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