Measurement of the Contrast Agent Intrinsic and Native Harmonic Response with Single Transducer Pulse Waved Ultrasound Systems

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 670-681

  Verbeek, Xander A A M ^a   Willigers, Jean M ^a   Brands, Peter J ^a   Ledoux, Léon A F ^a   Hoeks, Arnold P G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contaminating harmonics; Harmonic imaging; Native harmonics; Nonlinear distortion; rf signal processing; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; POLYSACCHARIDE; SHU 508;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY; LIVER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POLYSACCHARIDES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033197021     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.209     Document Type: Article

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