Ultrasound Contrast Agents and Imaging of Cerebrovascular Disease

Seminars in Cerebrovascular Diseases and Stroke

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-131

  Stolz, Erwin P ^a   Kaps, Manfred ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUSPHERE; AF 0150; AI 700; ALBUNEX; ALTEPLASE; BR 1; BY 963; CARDIOSPHERE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069; MYOMAP; NC 100100; PB 127; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUOROPENTANE; PERFLUTREN; PESDA; QUANTISON; SHU 508; SHU 563A; SONAVIST; SONAZID; SONOVUE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG TRANSPORT; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROBUBBLE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33646344476     PISSN: 15289931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.scds.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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