Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 329-334 , March 2007

Changes of Contrast-Specific Ultrasonic Cerebral Perfusion Patterns in the Course of Stroke; Reliability of Region-Wise and Parametric Imaging Analysis

  • Jens Eyding

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. med. Jens Eyding, Neurologische Klinik der Ruhr-Universität, St. Josef Hospital, Gudrunstr.56, D-44791 Bochum, Germany.
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  • Anke Nolte-Martin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, St. Vincenz-Krankenhaus, Paderborn, Germany
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  • Christos Krogias

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
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  • Thomas Postert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
    • Department of Neurology, St. Vincenz-Krankenhaus, Paderborn, Germany

Received 19 May 2006 ,Revised 8 August 2006 ,Accepted 17 August 2006.

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PII: S0301-5629(06)01808-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.08.013

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 329-334 , March 2007

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