Twinkling artifact in small animal color-Doppler sonography

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 384-390

  Louvet, Arnaud ^a  

^a Small Animal Veterinary Clinic   (France)

Author keywords

Artifact; Canine; Doppler studies; Feline; Ultrasound (US)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; URINARY CALCULI;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE;

EID: 33745232344     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2006.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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