Enhanced methods for visualizing myocardial perfusion with peripheral venous injection of Levovist®: Application of triggered harmonic imaging and triggered harmonic power Doppler imaging techniques

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 233-246

  Hirooka, Keiji ^a   Miyatake, Kunio ^a   Hanatani, Akihisa ^a   Komamura, Kazuo ^a   Nakatani, Satoshi ^a   Yasumura, Yoshio ^a   Yamagishi, Masakazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Harmonic imaging; Microbubbles; Myocardial contrast echocardiography; Peripheral venous injection; Power Doppler

Indexed keywords

SHU 508;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOG; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FILTER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYSACCHARIDES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034530172     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026592629450     Document Type: Article

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