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1Laboratoire d’étude de la microcirculation,Faculté de Médecine Paris Diderot Paris VII, U942, 2Department of orthopaedic surgery,Bicetre Universitary Hospital, Public Assistance of Paris Hospital, 3Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine,University of Toronto, 4Department of Intensive care and Anesthesiology,Bicetre Universitary Hospital, Public Assistance of Paris Hospital
Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 01:14Jugular Vein Catheterization
- 02:32Assessing the Spine, Laminectomy, and Rat and CEU Probe Positioning
- 04:31Preparation of Contrast Agent – Microbubble Reconstitution
- 06:12Assessment of Spinal Cord Blood Flow in the Intact Spinal Cord and Experimental Spinal Cord Injury
- 07:08Quantification of Spinal Cord Blood Flow by Offline Analysis
- 07:43Results: Assessment of Spinal Cord Blood Flow in Experimental Spinal Cord Injury
- 08:52Conclusion
Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound imaging is a reliable in-vivo tool for quantifying spinal cord blood flow in an experimental rat spinal cord injury model. This paper contains a comprehensive protocol for application of this technique in association with a contusion model of thoracic spinal cord injury.
