Acoustic behaviour of current ultrasound contrast agents

Ultrasonics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-86

  Uhlendorf, Volkmar ^a   Scholle, Frank Detlef ^a   Reinhardt, Michael ^a  

^a BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

MICROBUBBLES;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; MICROSPHERE;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM;

ACOUSTICS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROSPHERES; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034150764     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(99)00128-6     Document Type: Article

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