Vascular Effects of Microbubble-Enhanced, Pulsed, Focused Ultrasound on Liver Blood Perfusion

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-98

  Gao, Yuejuan ^a,b   Gao, Shunji ^a   Zhao, Baozhen ^b   Zhao, Yang ^a   Hua, Xing ^a   Tan, Kaibin ^a   Liu, Zheng ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Focused ultrasound; Liver; Microbubble; Vascular effects

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; BLOOD PERFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTROL GROUPS; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; GRAY SCALE; HEPATOCYTES; HISTOLOGIC ANALYSIS; LIVER PERFUSION; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICROBUBBLES; MICROVASCULAR; MICROVASCULAR INJURY; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; PERFUSION ANALYSIS; VASCULAR EFFECTS;

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; LIVER; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL RUPTURE; CELL SWELLING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL; LIVER PERFUSION; MICROBUBBLE; MICROBUBBLE ENHANCED PULSED FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; MICROBUBBLES; RABBITS; RADIATION DOSAGE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 83055186424     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.09.018     Document Type: Article

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