Real-time assessment of the parameter of nonlinearity in tissue using 'nonlinear shadowing'

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1215-1228

  Fatemi, Mostafa ^a   Greenleaf, James F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic nonlinearity; Contrast agent; Fat tissue; Nonlinear parameter imaging; Nonlinear shadowing; Pulse echo imaging; Real time imaging; Tissue characterization; Variable amplitude method

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE;

ACOUSTIC NONLINEARITY; NONLINEAR SHADOWING; PULSE ECHO IMAGING; REAL TIME IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 0030469937     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(96)00140-8     Document Type: Article

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