Functional studies

European Radiology, Supplement

Volumn 14, Issue ISSUENR. 8, 2004, Pages

  Lim, Adrian ^a   Cosgrove, David O ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Functional; Microbubbles; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508; SONOVUE; CONTRAST AGENT BR1; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IODINATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER VEIN; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE PERFUSION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY VEIN; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; RENAL ARTERY; REPERFUSION;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MICROBUBBLES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL VEINS; REPERFUSION; SOFTWARE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 14144253019     PISSN: 16133749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10406-004-0086-1     Document Type: Article

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