Assessment of a New Mathematical Model for the Computation of Numerical Parameters Related to Renal Cortical Blood Flow and Fractional Blood Volume by Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 616-627

  Quaia, Emilio ^a   Nocentini, Aldo ^b   Torelli, Lucio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast ultrasound; Kidney; Microbubble; Perfusion; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST ULTRASOUND; KIDNEY; MICROBUBBLE; PERFUSION; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; FUNCTIONS; HEMODYNAMICS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; STANDARDS; SULFUR; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY CORTEX; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBUBBLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CORTEX; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RENAL CIRCULATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 62849103823     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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