Rapid 3-D Imaging of Contrast Flow: Application in a Perfused Kidney Phantom

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 813-828

  Chen, N G ^a   Fowlkes, J B ^a,b   Carson, P L ^a,b   Schipper, M J ^b   LeCarpentier, G L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Contrast refill; Imaging; Perfusion; Time intensity curve; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; CONTRAST REFILL; IMAGING; PERFUSION; TIME-INTENSITY CURVE; VASCULATURE;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BLOOD; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY PERFUSION; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KIDNEY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL CIRCULATION; SUS SCROFA; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 67349165383     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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