Subharmonic imaging with microbubble contrast agents: Initial results

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-94

  Shi, William T ^a   Forsberg, Flemming ^a   Hall, Anne L ^b   Chiao, Richard Y ^c   Liu, Ji Bin ^a   Miller, Steve ^b   Thomenius, Kai E ^c   Wheatley, Margaret A ^d   Goldberg, Barry B ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast imaging; Contrast microbubbles; Harmonic imaging; Subharmonic imaging; Subharmonic signals; Ultrasound contrast agents; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST IMAGING; HARMONIC IMAGING; MICROBUBBLES; SUBHARMONIC IMAGING; SUBHARMONIC SIGNALS; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

ACEPROMAZINE; ATROPINE; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; PROPOFOL;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; OSCILLATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032766606     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469902100201     Document Type: Article

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