Gray scale contrast enhancement and quantification in different positions of rabbit liver

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-14

  Li, Jie ^a   Dong, Bao Wei ^b   Yu, Xiao Ling ^b   Li, Chuan Fu ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Harmonic imaging; Liver; Quantification; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

HARMONIC IMAGING; LIVER; QUANTIFICATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VENTRAL PERIPHERAL POSITION; VIVO MODEL OF PERFUSION;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SONOVUE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER PERFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; TIME;

EID: 30144434474     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.1.7     Document Type: Article

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