Ultrasonic characterization of the nonlinear properties of contrast microbubbles

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-104

  Shi, William T ^a   Forsberg, Flemming ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Contrast microbubbles; Harmonic imaging; Pressure measurement; Subharmonic imaging; Ultrasonic characterization; Ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

HARMONIC IMAGING; MICROBUBBLES; SUBHARMONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

ALBUMINS; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUOROCARBONS; MICROSPHERES; PRESSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0033971916     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00117-9     Document Type: Article

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