Quantification of microbubble destruction of three fluorocarbon-filled ultrasonic contrast agents

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 629-639

  Moran, Carmel M ^a   Anderson, T ^a   Pye, S D ^a   Sboros, V ^a   McDicken, W N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Definity ; DMP115; Echocardiography; NC100100; Optison ; Sonazoid ; Tissue mimicking phantom; Ultrasonic contrast agents; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; BUBBLE FORMATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUOROCARBONS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY;

CLINICAL ULTRASOUND SCANNER; MICROBUBBLE DESTRUCTION; MYOCARDIAL BLOOD VELOCITY; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; ULTRASONIC CONTRAST AGENTS;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUOROCARBON; FS 069; NC 100100; PERFLUTREN;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; PHANTOM; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SOUND PRESSURE;

ALBUMINS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IRON; MICROSPHERES; OXIDES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0034076974     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(00)00148-4     Document Type: Article

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