Interaction of microbubbles with ultrasound

Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 7 II, 1999, Pages 733-741

  Von Bibra, Helene ^a,c   Voigt, Jens Uwe ^b   Fröman, Mats ^a   Bone, Dianna ^a   Wranne, Bengt ^b   Juhlin Dannfeldt, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c University Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Microbubbles; Myocardial contrast echocardiography; SonoVue(TM); Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; PHOSPHOLIPID; SHU 508; SONOVUE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACOUSTICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032864971     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1999.tb00143.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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