Renal blood flow quantification in pigs using contrast-enhanced ultrasound: An ex vivo study

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-369

  Hoeffel, C ^a   Mule S ^b,c   Huwart, L ^d   Frouin, F ^b,c   Jais, J P ^e   Helenon, O ^e   Correas, J M ^e  

^a SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b UPMC Univ Paris 06   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

animal investigations; microbubbles; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST AGENT BR1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 77955547259     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1245238     Document Type: Article

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