Advances in ultrasound

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 157-177

  Harvey, Christopher J ^a   Pilcher, James M ^b   Eckersley, Robert J ^a   Blomley, Martin J K ^a   Cosgrove, David O ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Non linear ultrasound imaging; Review; Ultrasonography; Ultrasound contrast agents; Ultrasound technology

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; BR 14; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ECHOVIST; FS 069; NC 100100; PERFLUOROOCTYL BROMIDE; PERFLUOROPENTANE; PERFLUTREN; PESDA; QUANTISON; QW 7437; SHU 508; SONOVUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

B SCAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; LIVER DISEASE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0036521107     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.2001.0918     Document Type: Review

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