Parametric imaging of contrast ultrasound for the evaluation of neovascularization in liver tumors

Hepatology Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 464-472

  Sugimoto, Katsutoshi ^a   Moriyasu, Fuminori ^a   Kamiyama, Naohisa ^b   Metoki, Ryo ^a   Iijima, Hiroko ^c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrival time; Liver tumor; Neovascularization; Parametric imaging; Peak time

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; SONOVUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER TUMOR; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 34250306447     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2007.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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