Acute increases in murine tumor echogenicity after antivascular ultrasound therapy: A pilot preclinical study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 795-800

  Wood, Andrew K W ^a   Bunte, Ralph M ^a   Schultz, Susan M ^a   Sehgal, Chandra M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antivascular ultrasound therapy; B mode gray scale; Vascular disrupting agent

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST-ENHANCED; GRAY SCALE; LOW INTENSITY ULTRASOUND; NEOPLASTIC TISSUE; PRECLINICAL STUDIES; TUMOR VASCULARITY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VASCULAR DISRUPTING AGENTS;

TUMORS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; MELANOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 66449135170     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.6.795     Document Type: Article

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