Ultrasound contrast agent in intravascular echography: An in vitro study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 705-717

  Cachard, Christian ^a   Finet, Gérard ^a,b,c   Bouakaz, Ayache ^a   Tabib, Alain ^e   Françon, Denis ^a   Gimenez, Gérard ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^d LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Acoustics; Digital image processing; Intravascular ultrasound; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; BLOOD VESSELS; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICINE;

INTRAVASCULAR ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; POLYSACCHARIDES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0030825418     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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