Preliminary study in differential contrast echography

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1185-1194

  Arditi, Marcel ^a   Brenier, Thomas ^a   Schneider, Michel ^a  

^a Bracco Suisse SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Dual channel; Echography; Frequency response; Parametric imaging; Spectral response; Subtraction; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOPPLER EFFECT; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DIFFERENTIAL CONTRAST ECHOGRAPHY; DUAL CHANNEL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PARAMETRIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0030827934     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00116-6     Document Type: Article

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