The value of contrast-enhanced gray-scale ultrasound in the diagnosis of hepatic trauma: An animal experiment

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1468-1472

  Tang, Jie ^a   Wang, Yuexiang ^a   Mei, Xingguo ^b   An, Lichun ^a   Li, Junlai ^a   Lin, Qian ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Active hemorrhage; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Liver; Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LACERATION; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEMORRHAGE; LIVER; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34250379071     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000233762.49799.e0     Document Type: Article

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