Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 12 , Pages 1893-1900 , December 2008

Contrast Sonography Enables Noninvasive and Quantitative Assessment of Neovascularization After Stem Cell Transplantation

  • Kentaro Otani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan
    • The Japan Health Science Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Shunsuke Ohnishi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroaki Obata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan
    • ,
  • Osamu Ishida

      Affiliations

    • Department of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan
    • ,
  • Soichiro Kitamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
    • ,
  • Noritoshi Nagaya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Noritoshi Nagaya, MD, PhD, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, 5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan

Received 17 December 2007 ,Revised 7 April 2008 ,Accepted 24 April 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.04.014

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 12 , Pages 1893-1900 , December 2008

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