Contrast-enhanced Doppler perfusion index: Clinical and experimental evaluation

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1121-1129

  Ramnarine, Kumar V ^a   Leen, Edward ^a   Oppo, Karren ^a   Angerson, Wilson J ^a   McArdle, Colin S ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Contrast enhanced Doppler sonography; Liver neoplasm; Power Doppler studies; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; POPULATION STATISTICS; VIDEO RECORDING;

LIVERS; SONOGRAPHY;

DOPPLER EFFECT;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEMANGIOMA; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEPATIC ARTERY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS;

EID: 0036788524     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2002.21.10.1121     Document Type: Article

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