Contrast-enhanced, real-time volumetric ultrasound imaging of tissue perfusion: Preliminary results in a rabbit model of testicular torsion

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2183-2197

  Paltiel, H J ^a   Padua, H M ^a   Gargollo, P C ^a,d   Cannon Jr , G M ^a,c   Alomari, A I ^a   Yu, R ^a   Clement, G T ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED TECHNIQUES; BEFORE AND AFTER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL INVESTIGATION; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; CONTRAST-ENHANCED IMAGING; DEFINITY; GOLD STANDARDS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; IMAGE INTENSITIES; MATRIX PHASED ARRAYS; MICROBUBBLE CONTRAST AGENTS; ORCHIOPEXY; ORGAN PERFUSION; POTENTIAL UTILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT MODELS; RATE OF CHANGE; TIME HISTORY; TISSUE PERFUSION; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

TORSIONAL STRESS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; DISEASE MODEL; ECHOGRAPHY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; TESTIS TORSION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; RABBITS; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952934088     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/7/018     Document Type: Article

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