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The promise of sonographic contrast agents in the kidney

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Advances in Echo Imaging Using Contrast Enhancement

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The ability of current ultrasound scanners to detect tissue perfusion is limited. An attempt to overcome this restricted color and spectral Doppler sensitivity has given rise to recent ‘power Doppler’ techniques which demonstrate smaller, more peripheral vessels [1]. However, detection of parenchymal blood flow in organs that are not extremely superficial and relatively motionless remains difficult. Therefore, enhancement of the detection of blood flow by intravenous ultrasound contrast agents may allow a significant expansion of sonographic diagnostic capabilities. Such an agent may improve the ability of existing equipment to detect blood flow, perhaps avoiding costly upgrades.

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  1. Michelle L. Robbin
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

    Navin C. Nanda MD (Professor of Medicine and Director, Heart Station/Echocardiography Laboratories) (Professor of Medicine and Director, Heart Station/Echocardiography Laboratories)

  2. The Kirklin Clinic, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

    Navin C. Nanda MD (Professor of Medicine and Director, Heart Station/Echocardiography Laboratories) (Professor of Medicine and Director, Heart Station/Echocardiography Laboratories)

  3. Clinical Development Diagnostics of Schering AG, Berlin, Germany

    Reinhard Schlief Dr Med Dipl Phys (Head of Magnetic Resonance and Ultrasound Contrast Media) (Head of Magnetic Resonance and Ultrasound Contrast Media)

  4. Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA

    Barry B. Goldberg MD (Professor of Radiology and Director) (Professor of Radiology and Director)

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Robbin, M.L. (1997). The promise of sonographic contrast agents in the kidney. In: Nanda, N.C., Schlief, R., Goldberg, B.B. (eds) Advances in Echo Imaging Using Contrast Enhancement. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5704-9_34

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