Ultrasonographic cerebral perfusion in assessment of brain death: A preliminary study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 791-794

  Abadal, Josep M ^a   Llompart Pou, Juan A ^a   Homar, Javier ^a   Velasco, Julio ^a   Ibáñaz, Jordi ^a   Pérez Bárcena, Jon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain death; Cerebral perfusion; Time intensity curves; Ultrasonographic contrast agent; Ultrasonographic perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

BRAIN DEATH; CEREBRAL PERFUSION; TIME-INTENSITY CURVES; ULTRASONOGRAPHIC CONTRAST AGENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHIC PERFUSION IMAGING;

BRAIN;

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 45849094808     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.5.791     Document Type: Article

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