Broadband time-domain reflectometry measurement of attenuation and phase velocity in highly attenuating suspensions with application to the ultrasound contrast medium Albunex®

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 813-820

  Hughes, Michael S ^a   Klibanov, Alexander L ^a   Marsh, Jon N ^b   Miller, James G ^c   Brandenburger, Gary H ^a  

^a MALLINCKRODT PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SUSPENSION; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

ALBUMINS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0033872711     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.429614     Document Type: Article

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