Ultrasound for the visualization and quantification of tumor microcirculation

Cancer and Metastasis Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 131-138

  Stuart Foster, F ^a   Burns, Peter N ^a   Simpson, David H ^a   Wilson, Stephanie R ^a   Christopher, Donald A ^a   Goertz, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Blood flow visualization; Doppler ultrasound; High frequency ultrasound; Microbubble contrast agents; Microcirculation; Three dimensional imaging; Ultrasound; Ultrasound biomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0034535115     PISSN: 01677659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026541510549     Document Type: Review

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