Quantitative contrast harmonic ultrasound imaging of normal canine liver

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 451-454

  Ziegler, Laura E ^a   O'Brien, Robert T ^a,c   Waller, Kenneth R ^a   Zagzebski, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast ultrasound; Dog; Harmonic ultrasound; Liver; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; OCTAFLUOROPROPANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BOLUS INJECTION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFUSION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TIME; ANIMAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; DOGS; LIVER; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0041882176     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2003.tb00484.x     Document Type: Article

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