The kidney: Imaging with microbubble contrast agents

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-66

  Correas, Jean Michel ^a,d   Claudon, Michel ^b,d   Tranquart, François ^c   Hélénon, Olivier ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^c CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^d Altana Pharma ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Kidney infection; Kidney nephritis; Kidney transplantation; Kidney ultrasound; Ultrasound contrast media

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; PERFLUTREN; SHU 508; SONOVUE;

ACOUSTICS; ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAPILLARY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG EXCRETION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY CORTEX NECROSIS; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY INFARCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY TUMOR; KIDNEY VEIN THROMBOSIS; KINETICS; LIVER; MICROBUBBLE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGY; RENAL ARTERY ANEURYSM; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID TUMOR; STEADY STATE; TARGET ORGAN; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MICROBUBBLES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33749441993     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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