Microvascular structure and perfusion imaging of colon cancer by means of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 297-303

  Onji, Keiichi ^a   Yoshida, Shigeto ^b   Tanaka, Shinji ^b   Takemura, Yoshito ^a   Oka, Shiro ^b   Yoshihara, Masaharu ^c   Yamada, Hiroyasu ^a   Okajima, Masazumi ^a   Chayama, Kazuaki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Contrast enhanced ultrasonography; Diagnostic imaging; Inflammation; Microbubble contrast agents

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; PERFLUBUTANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; MICROFLOW IMAGING; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME PERFUSION IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFLAMMATION; IRON; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OXIDES;

EID: 84863719944     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: 14320509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-011-9738-5     Document Type: Article

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