Perfusion estimation using contrast-enhanced 3-Dimensional subharmonic ultrasound imaging: An in vivo study

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 654-660

  Sridharan, Anush ^a,b   Eisenbrey, John R ^a   Liu, Ji Bin ^a   Machado, Priscilla ^a   Halldorsdottir, Valgerdur G ^a   Dave, Jaydev K ^a   Zhao, Hongjia ^c   He, Yu ^d   Park, Suhyun ^e   Dianis, Scott ^e   Wallace, Kirk ^e   Thomenius, Kai E ^e   Forsberg, Flemming ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c Department of Ophthalmology   (China)

^d THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Harmonic imaging; perfusion estimation; Subharmonic imaging; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE PERFUSION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

EID: 84883451276     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3182925160     Document Type: Article

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