Vascular and kupffer imaging of canine liver and spleen using the new contrast agent sonazoid

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1265-1268

  Kanemoto, Hideyuki ^a   Ohno, Koichi ^a   Nakashima, Ko ^a   Takahashi, Masashi ^a   Fujino, Yasuhito ^a   Tsujimoto, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Liver; Sonazoid

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FERRIC ION; IRON; NYCOMED; OXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY CORTEX; LIVER; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IRON; KIDNEY CORTEX; LIVER; OXIDES; SPLEEN;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 57349154261     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.70.1265     Document Type: Article

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