Contrast enhanced ultrasound of the lower limb deep venous system: A technical feasibility study

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 267-271

  Spiss, Verena ^a   Loizides, Alexander ^a   Plaikner, Michaela ^a   Ostermann, Stefanie ^a   Peer, Siegfried ^a   Gruber, Hannes ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Deep vein thrombosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILIAC VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LEG EDEMA; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; LEG VEIN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPLITEAL VEIN; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TRANSDUCERS; VEINS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84856342090     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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