Ultrasonographic portography with low mechanical index gray-scale imaging in hepatic VX2 tumor

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 641-647

  Li, Jie ^a   Dong, Baowei ^b   Yu, Xiaoling ^b   Li, Chuanfu ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

In vivo model; Liver; Portography; Ultrasound contrast agents; VX2 tumor

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

IN VIVO MODEL; LIVER; PORTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS; VX2 TUMOR;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RABBITS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33646130388     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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