In Vitro Evaluation of Dual Mode Ultrasonic Thrombolysis Method for Transcranial Application with an Occlusive Thrombosis Model

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-102

  Wang, Zuojun ^a,c   Moehring, Mark A ^b   Voie, Arne H ^b   Furuhata, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Spencer Technologies USA   (United States)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Low frequency ultrasound; Power M mode Doppler (PMD); Ultrasonic thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DOPPLER EFFECT; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; STREAM FLOW; ULTRASONICS;

BLOOD-MIMICKING FLUIDS; DUAL MODE ULTRASONIC THROMBOLYSIS (DMUT); LONG PULSE DURATION; LOW-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND-MEDIATED TPA THROMBOLYSIS (LFUT); POWER M-MODE DOPPLER (PMD);

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; MONTEPLASE; THROMBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUAL MODE ULTRASONIC THROMBOLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOW FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; POWER M MODE DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 37049027111     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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