Quantitative assessment of bowel wall vascularisation in Crohn's disease with contrast-enhanced ultrasound and perfusion analysis

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 141-148

  Girlich, C ^a,b   Jung, E M ^a   Iesalnieks, I ^a   Schreyer, A G ^a   Zorger, N ^a   Strauch, U ^a   Schacherer, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Crohn's disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Quantitative perfusion analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; ENEMA; SONOVUE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; INTESTINE PERFUSION; INTESTINE WALL; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449092850     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2009-1228     Document Type: Article

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