Endocardial border delineation capability of a novel multimodal polymer-shelled contrast agent

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Larsson, Malin K ^a   Larsson, Matilda ^a,b   Nowak, Greg ^b   Paradossi, Gaio ^c   Brodin, Lars Åke ^a,b   Sjöberg, Birgitta Janerot ^a,b,d   Caidahl, Kenneth ^b,d   Bjällmark, Anna ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Echocardiography; Endocardial border delineation; Microbubbles; Polyvinyl alcohol; Porcine; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; OXYGEN; POLYMER SHELLED CONTRAST AGENT; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SONOVUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIAL BORDER DELINEATION; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RATE; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PORCINE MODEL; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; MICROBUBBLES; MODELS, ANIMAL; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84910120890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-12-24     Document Type: Article

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