Feasibility of Contrast-Enhanced Sonography During Resection of Cerebral Tumours: Initial Results of a Prospective Study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 571-575

  Engelhardt, Martin ^a,b   Hansen, Christian ^b   Eyding, Jens ^b,c   Wilkening, Wilko ^b   Brenke, Christopher ^a   Krogias, Christos ^b,c   Scholz, Martin ^a   Harders, Albrecht ^a   Ermert, Helmut ^b   Schmieder, Kirsten ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced sonography; Intraoperative ultrasound; Neurosurgery; SonoVue; THI (tissue harmonic imaging)

Indexed keywords

GRAPH THEORY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS;

CONTRAST-ENHANCED SONOGRAPHY; INTRAOPERATIVE ULTRASOUND; TISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING (THI);

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BOLUS INJECTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33947578472     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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