Vascular flow and perfusion imaging with ultrasound contrast agents

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 735-743

  Bruce, Matthew ^a,c   Averkiou, Mike ^c   Tiemann, Klaus ^b   Lohmaier, Stefan ^b   Powers, Jeff ^c   Beach, Kirk ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Color Doppler; Doppler; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DOPPLER EFFECT; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS;

MECHANICAL INDEX (MI); PERFUSION IMAGING; VASCULAR FLOW;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILTRATION; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL DETECTION; TIME; VELOCITY;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; LIVER; MICROBUBBLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 3042660881     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.03.016     Document Type: Article

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