The experimental investigation of ultrasonic properties for a sonicated contrast agent and its application in biomedicine

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 347-351

  Zhang, Dong ^a   Gong, Xiu fen ^a   Liu, Jie hui ^a   Shao, Li zheng ^b   Li, Xiao rong ^b   Zhang, Qing lang ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wuxi No2 People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic nonlinearity parameter; Attenuation coefficient; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

DEXTROSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENCAPSULATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROTEINS;

ACOUSTIC NONLINEARITY PARAMETER; SONICATED DEXTROSE ALBUMIN; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ALBUMIN; ALBUNEX; GLUCOSE; SHU 508;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; COULTER COUNTER; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; SONICATION;

EID: 0034015116     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00146-5     Document Type: Article

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