Tissue pulsatility index: A new parameter to evaluate renal transplant perfusion

Transplantation

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 751-755

  Scholbach, Thomas ^a   Girelli, Elisa ^a   Scholbach, Jakob ^b  

^a Klinikum St Georg   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color Doppler sonography; Measurement; Software; Tissue perfusion; Tissue Pulsatility Index (TPI)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RENAL CIRCULATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33645065609     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000201928.04266.d2     Document Type: Article

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