Quantitative assessment of bone microvascularization after osteocutaneous flap transplantation using contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 272-279

  Geis, S ^a   Prantl, L ^a   Mueller, S ^b   Gosau, M ^b   Lamby, P ^a   Jung, E M ^b  

^a University Hospital and Caritas Hospital St Josef Regensburg   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

bones; CEUS; contrast agents; contrast enhanced ultrasound; soft tissues

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST AGENT BR1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CAPILLARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ISCHEMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE AND BONES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CAPILLARIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SOFTWARE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84878239262     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1335133     Document Type: Article

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