Broadband through-transmission signal loss measurements of Albunex® suspensions at concentrations approaching in vivo doses

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1155-1161

  Marsh, Jon N ^a   Hall, Christopher S ^a   Hughes, Michael S ^b   Mobley, Joel ^a   Miller, James G ^a   Brandenburger, Gary H ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MALLINCKRODT PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; COULTER COUNTER; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ENCAPSULATION; FRICTION; MATERIALS HANDLING; PIPETTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SUSPENSION;

EID: 0031056585     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.418270     Document Type: Article

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