Nephron Injury Induced by Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging at High Mechanical Index with Gas Body Contrast Agent

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1336-1344

  Williams, Alun R ^a   Wiggins, Roger C ^a   Wharram, Bryan L ^a   Goyal, Meera ^a   Dou, Chunyan ^a   Johnson, Kent J ^a   Miller, Douglas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioeffects; Diagnostic ultrasound adverse effects; Flash replenishment; Glomerular hemorrhage; Safety; Ultrasound contrast agent; Ultrasound perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETICS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BIOEFFECTS; BLOOD CELLS; BOWMAN'S SPACE; DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND ADVERSE EFFECTS; EPITHELIAL DEGENERATION; GAS BODY CONTRAST AGENT; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH MECHANICAL INDEX; NEPHRON INJURY; PERFUSION IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

PERFLUTREN;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOWMAN CAPSULE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRAVASATION; GAS; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; NEPHRON INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HEMATURIA; HEMORRHAGE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MICROBUBBLES; NEPHRONS; RATS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34547138669     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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