Transcranial contrast imaging of cerebral perfusion in stroke patients following decompressive craniectomy

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 206-213

  Bartels, Eva ^a   Bittermann, H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contrast media; Decompressive craniectomy; Native tissue harmonic imaging; Stroke; Transcranial duplex ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RATING SCALE; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE; TEMPORAL BONE;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 2942592167     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-813123     Document Type: Article

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