Ultrasound contrast imaging: Current and new potential methods

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 965-975

  Frinking, Peter J A ^a   Bouakaz, Ayache ^a,b   Kirkhorn, Johan ^c   Ten Cate, Folkert J ^a   De Jong, Nico ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIA; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SCATTERING; TISSUE;

CONTRAST AGENT; DOPPLER TECHNIQUE; FUNDAMENTAL IMAGING; HARMONIC IMAGING; PULSE INVERSION IMAGING; RELEASE BURST IMAGING; SUBHARMONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

AI 700; ALBUNEX; BISPHERE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069; NC 100100; PERFLUOROOCTYL BROMIDE; PERFLUOROPENTANE; PERFLUTREN; QUANTISON; SHU 508; SONOVUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACOUSTICS; B SCAN; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034233024     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(00)00229-5     Document Type: Article

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