Frequency and concentration dependence of the backscatter coefficient of the ultrasound contrast agent Albunex®

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 3 I, 1998, Pages 1654-1666

  Marsh, Jon N ^a   Hughes, Michael S ^b   Hall, Christopher S ^a   Lewis, Stephen H ^a   Trousil, Rebecca L ^a   Brandenburger, Gary H ^b   Levene, Harold ^c   Miller, James G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MALLINCKRODT PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^c Molecular Biosystems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CALCULATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ALBUNEX; CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT;

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING;

ALBUNEX; MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RELIABILITY; THEORY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032167636     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.424378     Document Type: Article

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