Quantitative Assessment of Tissue Perfusion in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Perflubutane Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography: A Preliminary Study

Our purpose in this study was to assess the relationship between contrast signal intensity (CI) and concentration of perflubutane microbubbles in a phantom experiment, and to examine the feasibility of this technique for quantitative analysis of vascularity in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Microbu...

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Main Authors: Naoki Ohno, Tosiaki Miyati, Makiko Yamashita, Mayu Narikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-05-01
Series:Diagnostics
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/5/2/210