Changes in the echoes from ultrasonic contrast agents with imaging parameters

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1537-1547

  Morgan, Karen E ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONTRAST MEDIA; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

NARROWBAND TRANSMISSION; WIDEBAND TRANSMISSION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0032206995     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.738293     Document Type: Article

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