Use of ultrasound in decompression research

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 68-72

  Pollock, Neal W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Decompression sickness; Diving; Doppler; Echocardiography; Equipment; Review article

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIVING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GAS EMBOLISM; HEART CYCLE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548261352     PISSN: 18333516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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