Sentence examples for application of contrast from inspiring English sources

Although the technology required for the successful application of contrast echo cardiography has evolved rapidly over the past few years, the technique has not yet gained widespread clinical acceptance.

Dr Harald Becher has been active in the clincal application of contrast echocardiography for several years and has gained considerable experience with many imaging techniques and microbubbles, which he describes in this volume in some detail.

A catheter implanted into the jugular vein was used for intravenous application of contrast material (Ultravist 370, Bayer Vital GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany) and beads.

This rate can be reduced by the application of contrast enhancement to 7%[30]], but this is not suitable in a resuscitation setting.

This technique is called arterial spin labeling (ASL) and requires no intravenous application of contrast material and is therefore considered to be completely non invasive [3].

Application of contrast media is essential for the assessment of vascular structures and parenchymal organs and for detection of active bleeding.

Another application of contrast-enhanced MRI is the assessment of blood flow perfusion and permeability which has important physiopathological relevance as reduced bone blood perfusion is also an indicator of disease progression and severity.

These two factors have limited the application of contrast-enhanced CT for samples over 5 cm.

Therefore, application of contrast-enhanced CT according to the Choi criteria seems attractive.

Similar evaluations of tumour perfusion are feasible by the application of contrast-enhanced ultrasound which uses an intravascular contrast agent as tracer.

The characterization of focal liver lesions is the most important application of contrast-enhanced US (CEUS), with an accuracy rivalling that of CT and MR [ 1- 8].