Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 561-570 , April 2007

Ultrasonic Assessment of Hepatic Blood Flow as a Marker of Mouse Hepatocarcinoma

  • Philippe Bonnin

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Center, INSERM, Lariboisière, INSERM U689, Paris, France
    • AP-HP, hôpital Lariboisière, Physiologie-Explorations Fonctionnelles, Université Paris 7, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Philippe Bonnin, Physiologie-Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2, rue Ambroise Paré, 75 475 Paris CEDEX 10, France.
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  • Aude Villemain

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Center, INSERM, Lariboisière, INSERM U689, Paris, France
    • AP-HP, Institut des Vaisseaux et du Sang, Université Paris 7, Paris, France
    • ,
  • François Vincent

      Affiliations

    • AP-HP, Institut des Vaisseaux et du Sang, Université Paris 7, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Haythem Debbabi

      Affiliations

    • AP-HP, hôpital Lariboisière, Physiologie-Explorations Fonctionnelles, Université Paris 7, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Jean Sébastien Silvestre

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Center, INSERM, Lariboisière, INSERM U689, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Jean Olivier Contreres

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Center, INSERM, Lariboisière, INSERM U689, Paris, France
    • AP-HP, Institut des Vaisseaux et du Sang, Université Paris 7, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Bernard I. Levy

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Center, INSERM, Lariboisière, INSERM U689, Paris, France
    • AP-HP, hôpital Lariboisière, Physiologie-Explorations Fonctionnelles, Université Paris 7, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Gérard Tobelem

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Center, INSERM, Lariboisière, INSERM U689, Paris, France
    • AP-HP, Institut des Vaisseaux et du Sang, Université Paris 7, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Evelyne Dupuy

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Center, INSERM, Lariboisière, INSERM U689, Paris, France
    • AP-HP, Institut des Vaisseaux et du Sang, Université Paris 7, Paris, France

Received 18 April 2006 ,Revised 11 September 2006 ,Accepted 26 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.09.010

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 561-570 , April 2007

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