Threshold of fragmentation for ultrasonic contrast agents

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-150

  Chomas, J E ^a   Dayton, P ^a   May, D ^a   Ferrara, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Contrast agents; Fragmentation; Optical observation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CORRELATION METHODS; ESTIMATION; HEMODYNAMICS; OPTICS; ULTRASONICS;

FRAGMENTATION THRESHOLD; MICROBUBBLES; MICROVASCULAR FLOW RATE; ULTRASONIC CONTRAST;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FORECASTING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRASOUND;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FORECASTING; LINEAR MODELS; MICROSPHERES; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0035297589     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1352752     Document Type: Article

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