New technique for emboli detection and discrimination based on nonlinear characteristics of gas bubbles

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 801-808

  Palanchon, P ^a,d   Bouakaz, A ^a,b   Van Blankenstein, J H ^c   Klein, J ^a   Bom, N ^b   De Jong, N ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^c Montelbaan Internet and ICT   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emboli; Gas bubbles; High harmonics; Linear oscillations; Nonlinear oscillations; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BLOOD; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RESONANCE; SURGERY;

EMBOLI DETECTION;

ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTICS; AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM; EXPERIMENT; FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GAS; GAS EMBOLISM; MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OSCILLATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; THEORY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTICS; EMBOLISM, AIR; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0034970434     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00384-2     Document Type: Article

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