Ultrasound contrast agents;Kontrastmittel in der sonographie

Radiologe

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 793-804

  Albrecht, T ^a   Hohmann, J ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Enhancement; Microbubbles; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

BISPHERE; BY 963; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ECHOVIST; FS 069; NC 100100; PERFLUOROOCTYL BROMIDE; PERFLUOROPENTANE; PERFLUTREN; SHU 508; SONAVIST; SONOVUE;

BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; GAS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY; LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SPLEEN; ULTRASOUND;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY; LIVER; MICROBUBBLES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242557646     PISSN: 0033832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00117-003-0953-0     Document Type: Review

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