Acute outflow obstruction of hepatic veins in rabbits: Quantitative analysis of hepatic perfusion with contrast-enhanced sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 635-642

  Kim, Kyoung Won ^a   Kim, Pyo Nyun ^a   Shin, Ji Hoon ^a   Shin, Dong Ho ^b   Jeong, Woo Kyoung ^c   Won, Hyung Jin ^a   Shin, Yong Moon ^a   Lee, Won Jae ^d,e   Lee, Moon Gyu ^a   Song, Gi Won ^a   Hwang, Shin ^a   Lee, Sung Gyu ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Research Institute of Radiology   (South Korea)

^c Department of Radiology ^*  (South Korea)

^d Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Animal study; Contrast enhanced sonography; Hepatic venous obstruction; Perfusion study

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL STUDIES; BALLOON INFLATION; CONTRAST-ENHANCED SONOGRAPHIES; CURVE PARAMETERS; HEPATIC VENOUS OBSTRUCTION; PERFUSION STUDIES; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REGIONS OF INTEREST;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

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

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER VEIN; LIVER VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; SCINTIGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; HEPATIC VEINS; HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; LIVER CIRCULATION; MALE; PERFUSION IMAGING; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RABBITS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79955545947     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.5.635     Document Type: Article

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