The diagnostic value of small bowel wall vascularity after sulfur hexafluoride-filled microbubble injection in patients with Crohn's disease. Correlation with the therapeutic effectiveness of specific anti-inflammatory treatment

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 438-444

  Quaia, Emilio ^a   Migaleddu, Vincenzo ^b   Baratella, Elisa ^a   Pizzolato, Riccardo ^a   Rossi, Alexia ^a   Grotto, Maurizio ^a   Cova, Maria Assunta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Sardinian Mediterranean Imaging Research Group no Profit Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crohn; Microbubbles; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY INDICES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY; BEFORE AND AFTER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENTS; CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASOUNDS; CROHN; CROHN'S DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUES; GRAY-SCALE; MEAN AGES; MICRO-BUBBLE CONTRAST AGENTS; MICROBUBBLE INJECTIONS; MICROBUBBLES; SMALL BOWELS; TERMINAL LOOPS; ULTRASOUND; WALL THICKNESS; WILCOXON TESTS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; PATIENT TREATMENT; SULFUR; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBMUCOSA; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 62849083263     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.10.029     Document Type: Article

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