On the interaction between ultrasound and contrast agents during Doppler investigations

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1265-1273

  Tortoli, Piero ^a   Michelassi, Vittorio ^a   Corsi, Massimo ^a   Righi, Daniele ^b   Takeuchi, Yasuhito ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Doppler ultrasound; Radiation force; Spectral analysis; Streaming

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DOPPLER EFFECT; DRAG; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

BUBBLE DYNAMICS; CONTRAST AGENTS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND; VISCOSITY;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYSACCHARIDES; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0034808782     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00426-4     Document Type: Article

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