Intraoperative Cerebral Glioma Characterization with Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound

Background. Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a dynamic and continuous modality providing real-time view of vascularization and flow distribution patterns of different organs and tumors. Nevertheless its intraoperative use for brain tumors visualization has been performed few times, and a thor...

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Main Authors: Francesco Prada, Luca Mattei, Massimiliano Del Bene, Luca Aiani, Marco Saini, Cecilia Casali, Assunta Filippini, Federico Giuseppe Legnani, Alessandro Perin, Andrea Saladino, Ignazio Gaspare Vetrano, Luigi Solbiati, Alberto Martegani, Francesco DiMeco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/484261