Feasibility of mitral flow assessment by echo-contrast ultrasound, part I: determination of the properties of echo-contrast agents

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 787-795

  Herman, Bronislav ^a   Einav, Shmuel ^a   Vered, Zvi ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attenuation coefficient; Echo contrast agents; Integrated backscatter; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTRAST MEDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; ECHO CONTRAST AGENTS; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER; MITRAL FLOW;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALBUNEX; CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

ALBUMINS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MICROSPHERES; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 0034209660     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(00)00202-7     Document Type: Article

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