Simulations of contrast effects from free microbubbles in relation to their size, concentration and acoustic properties

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 36, Issue 5 SUPPL. B, 1997, Pages 3242-3245

  Chan, Man ^a   Soetanto, Kawan ^a   Okujima, Motoyoshi ^a  

^a TOIN UNIVERSITY OF YOKOHAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Backscattered power; Microbubble dispersion; Microbubbles; Optimum concentration; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

MICROBUBBLES; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISPERSIONS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; ULTRASONIC ABSORPTION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

EID: 0031140610     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.36.3242     Document Type: Article

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