The effect of inhaled gases on ultrasound contrast agent longevity in vivo

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-46

  Itani, Malak ^a,b   Mattrey, Robert F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Definity; Gas anesthesia; Medical air; Mice; Microbubble half life; Microbubble quantification; Microbubbles; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUOROCARBON; ISOFLURANE; OXYGEN; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUTREN;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRED AIR; ILIAC VEIN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MICROBUBBLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; ULTRASOUND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUOROCARBONS; GASES; HALF-LIFE; ISOFLURANE; MICE; MICROBUBBLES; OXYGEN; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84861481631     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-011-0475-5     Document Type: Article

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