Assessment of tumor vasculature for diagnostic and therapeutic applications in a mouse model in vivo using 25-MHz power Doppler imaging

Ultrasonics

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 925-931

  Chen, Jia Jiun ^a   Chen, Jia Jin Jason ^b   Chiang, Chi Shiun ^a   Hong, Ji Hong ^c   Yeh, Chih Kuang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Power Doppler imaging; Tumor core and periphery; Tumor vasculature

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD FLOW RATE; CLINICAL INFORMATION; COLOR PIXELS; DOPPLER; IN-VIVO; MICROVASCULAR; MOUSE MODELS; OPTIMAL TREATMENT; POWER DOPPLER; QUANTIFIED ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR PERIPHERY; TUMOR VASCULARITY; TUMOR VASCULATURE; TUMOR VESSELS; TUMOR VOLUMES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS; VASCULAR PERFUSION; VASCULATURE; VOLUMETRIC GROWTH;

DOPPLER EFFECT; MAMMALS; MICROCIRCULATION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

TUMORS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; C57BL MOUSE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DISEASE MODEL; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; MOUSE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PROSTATE TUMOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79960699239     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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