Quantification of flow rates using harmonic grey-scale imaging and an ultrasound contrast agent: An in vitro and in vivo study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 83-88

  Claassen, Lars ^a   Seidel, Günter ^a   Algermissen, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dye dilution theory; Harmonic imaging; In vitro model; In vivo model; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HARMONIC GREY-SCALE IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYSACCHARIDES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035057492     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(00)00324-0     Document Type: Article

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