Perfusion quantification in contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) - Ready for research projects and routine clinical use

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 33, Issue , 2012, Pages S31-S38

  Tranquart, F ^a   Mercier, L ^a   Frinking, P ^a   Gaud, E ^a   Arditi, M ^a  

^a Bracco Suisse SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dynamic contrast enhanced ultrasound; Parametric images; Perfusion; Quantification; Treatment monitoring

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLOOD FLOW; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTIFACTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MICROBUBBLES; PROGRAMMING, LINEAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84862547883     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1312894     Document Type: Article

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