Potential pitfalls of visualization of myocardial perfusion by myocardial contrast echocardiography with harmonic gray scale B-mode and power Doppler imaging

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-125

  Masugata, Hisashi ^a   Yukiiri, Kazushi ^a   Takagi, Yuichiro ^a   Ohmori, Koji ^a   Mizushige, Katsufumi ^a   Kohno, Masakazu ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Echocardiography; Perfusion; Power Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HEART BEAT; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND DETECTION;

EID: 1542393861     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CAIM.0000014100.36283.fe     Document Type: Article

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