Assessment of tissue perfusion by contrast-enhanced ultrasound

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 604-615

  Quaia, Emilio ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Microbubble; Tissue perfusion; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; CARDIOSPHERE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ECHOVIST; MICROBUBBLE CONTRAST AGENT; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUBUTANE; PERFLUOROPENTANE; PERFLUTREN; QUANTISON; SHU 508; SONOVUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZHIFUXIAN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY PERFUSION; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPERFUSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE PERFUSION; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBUBBLES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERFUSION IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79751530697     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1965-6     Document Type: Article

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