Grey-scale contrast enhancement in rabbit liver with SonoVue™ at different doses

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-190

  Li, Jie ^a   Dong, Baowei ^b   Yu, Xiaoling ^b   Wang, Xinghua ^b   Li, Chuanfu ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Dose; Harmonic imaging; In vivo; Liver; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD VESSELS; CONTRAST MEDIA; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICINE;

ENHANCEMENT DURATION (ED); HARMONIC IMAGING; PEAK SIGNAL INTENSITY (PSI); ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT (UCA);

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

SONOVUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EVALUATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER PERFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PORTAL VEIN; RABBITS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 13644260583     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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