In vitro evaluation of the impact of ultrasound scanner settings and contrast bolus volume on time-intensity curves

Ultrasonics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-19

  Gauthier, Thomas P ^a   Chebil, Mohamed ^b   Peronneau, Pierre ^b   Lassau, Nathalie ^b,c  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Liver malignancy; Microvascular blood flow quantification; Therapy monitoring; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PIXELS; SCANNING;

AREA UNDER THE CURVES; BLOOD FLOW QUANTIFICATIONS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED; LIVER MALIGNANCIES; THERAPY MONITORING; TIME-INTENSITY CURVES; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

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

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INDICATOR DILUTION CURVE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; TIME; TRANSDUCER;

AREA UNDER CURVE; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 80054710643     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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