Experimental study of stability of a contrast agent in an ultrasound field

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 257-265

  Wu, Junru ^a   Tong, Jie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Microbubbles; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ATTENUATION; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONTRAST MEDIA; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROTEINS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; MICROBUBBLES; PHASED ARRAY TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALBUNEX; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; DESTRUCTION; DRUG STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ALBUMINS; CONTRAST MEDIA; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0032006331     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00245-7     Document Type: Article

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