Thomas Albrecht
Lars Thorelius
Luigi Solbiati
Luca Cova
Ferdinand Frauscher

2005

Liver, Prostate, Pancreas, Kidney and Lymph Nodes

The value of ultrasound contrast agents (USCA) in clinical practice depends on the pharmacokinetics, the signal processing, and the contrast-specific imaging modalities.
USCA are exogenous non-toxic substances smaller than red blood cells,which after intravenous administration must be stable enough to pass through the pulmonary capillary bed and enter the blood pool producing the necessary contrast enhancement for the duration of the examination.