Sonographic assessment of splanchnic arteries and the bowel wall

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 202-212

  Dietrich, C F ^a   Jedrzejczyk, M ^a   Ignee, A ^a  

^a CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colitis; Crohn; Hypervascularity; Ischemia; Perfusion; Vascularity

Indexed keywords

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DISEASES; FLAMMABILITY;

BOWEL WALL; COLON; DIASTOLIC VELOCITIES; HYPERECHOIC LAYER; HYPERVASCULARITY; ISCHEMIA; PERFUSION;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

SHU 508; SONOVUE;

ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE WALL; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MESENTERIC ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; VASCULARIZATION;

ENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTESTINES; ISCHEMIA; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 35348875315     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.06.034     Document Type: Article

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