Fundamental studies on contrast images from different-sized microbubbles: Analytical and experimental studies

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-91

  Soetanto, Kawan ^a   Chan, Man ^a  

^a TOIN UNIVERSITY OF YOKOHAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic shadowing effect; Fractionation; Microbubbles; Multiple scattering effect; Sodium laurate; Tissue mimicking phantoms; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONTRAST MEDIA; MEDICAL IMAGING; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

ACOUSTIC SHADOWING EFFECT; MICROBUBBLES;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTIONATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENSION; ULTRASOUND;

ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LAURIC ACIDS; MATHEMATICS; MICROSPHERES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SUSPENSIONS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0033978627     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00107-6     Document Type: Article

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