Reliability of Semiquantitative Ultrasonic Perfusion Imaging of the Brain

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-149

  Eyding, Jens ^a,b   Wilkening, Wilko ^b   Reckhardt, Markus ^a   Meves, Saskia ^a   Postert, Thomas ^a,c  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c St Vincenz Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral perfusion; Harmonic imaging; Stroke; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069; SHU 508;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; STROKE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ALBUMINS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THALAMUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 1642401766     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228404263273     Document Type: Article

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