Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Coronary Arteriole Plexus Image by Contrast Echocardiography Using a High-Frequency Transducer

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 770-774

  Ishikura, Fuminobu ^a   Hirayama, Hideo ^a   Toshida, Tsutomu ^a   Iwata, Akiko ^a   Otani, Kentaro ^a   Asanuma, Toshihiko ^a   Beppu, Shintaro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOG; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROCIRCULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 44149101736     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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