Ultrasound cerebral perfusion analysis based on a mathematical model for diminution harmonic imaging

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 308-313

  Kier, Christian ^a   Meyer Wiethe, K ^b   Seidel, G ^b   Aath, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular circulation; Computer assisted image interpretation; Diminution harmonic imaging; Microbubbles; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIMINUTION HARMONIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMPEDANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBUBBLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PERFUSION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 34249323421     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/ME9047     Document Type: Article

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