A novel technique to measure splanchnic transit time using microbubble ultrasound

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 80-84

  Marshall, Michele ^a   Halligan, Steve ^a   Eckersley, Robert J ^b   Williams, Andrew ^a   Blomley, Martin J K ^b   Cosgrove, David O ^b   Bartram, Clive I ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteries; Doppler studies; Intestines; Mesenteric; Microbubble contrast agents; Ultrasound (US); US

Indexed keywords

SHU 508;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EATING; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN;

EID: 12444298980     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000149253.89135.f3     Document Type: Article

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