The measurement of liver blood flow: A review of experimental and clinical methods

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-11

  Chow, Pierce K H ^a   Yu, Wing Kwong ^a   Soo, Khee Chee ^b   Chan, Steven T F ^c  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Clearance; Clinical method; Doppler ultrasound; Experimental method; First pass; Flowmeters; Functional liver blood flow; Indicator fractionation; Liver blood flow; Radionuclide

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; ETIFENIN TC 99M; INDICATOR; INERT GAS; KRYPTON 85; MICROSPHERE; NITROGEN 13; OXYGEN 15; TRACER; XENON 133;

ADAPTATION; AUTOPSY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CANNULATION; CENTRAL VEIN; COLLOID; DEVICE; DILUTION; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FLOWMETER; FIRST PASS EFFECT; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEIN; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CELL; LIVER CLEARANCE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER REGENERATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0038301996     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4804(03)00127-6     Document Type: Article

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