Pressure dependence of subharmonic signals from contrast microbubbles

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 275-283

  Shi, William T ^a   Forsberg, Flemming ^a   Raichlen, Joel S ^a   Needleman, Laurence ^a   Goldberg, Barry B ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Contrast agents; Harmonic signals; Microbubbles; Pressure estimation; Subharmonic signals; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; BLOOD VESSELS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTRAST MEDIA; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

CONTRAST MICROBUBBLES; SUBHARMONIC SIGNALS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OSCILLATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTRUM; ULTRASOUND;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; POLYSACCHARIDES; PRESSURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0033084094     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00163-X     Document Type: Article

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