Comparison of three different ultrasonic methods for quantification of intravascular gas bubbles

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 131-136

  Brubakk, A O ^a   Eftedal, O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bubble detection; Doppler; Ultrasonic scanning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0035453375     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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