Characterization of pulmonary emboli ex vivo by magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 763-771

  Tratar, Gregor ^a   Blinc, Aleš ^a   Podbregar, Matej ^a   Kralj, Eduard ^b   Balažic, Jože ^b   Šabovič, Mišo ^a   Serša, Igor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

High resolution magnetic resonance imaging; Pulmonary emboli; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOT RETRACTION; BRIGHTNESS; CARCINOMA CELL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SLOVENIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

CARCINOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NECROSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34547960730     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2006.12.024     Document Type: Article

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