Temporal characterization of the functional density of the vasa vasorum by contrast-enhanced ultrasonography maximum intensity projection imaging

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1265-1272

  Lee, Sang Chol ^a,b   Carr, Chad L ^a   Davidson, Brian P ^a   Ellegala, Dilantha ^a   Xie, Aris ^a   Ammi, Azzdine ^a   Belcik, Todd ^a   Lindner, Jonathan R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

contrast ultrasound; microbubbles; plaque hemorrhage; vasa vasorum

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROANGIOGRAPHY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; VASA VASORUM;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMORAL ARTERY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 78650273151     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.08.017     Document Type: Article

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