Contrast agent stability: A continuous B-mode imaging approach

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1367-1377

  Sboros, V ^a   Moran, C M ^a   Pye, S D ^a   McDicken, W N ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Definity; Degassing; Free bubble; Myomap ; Quantison ; Stability; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DEGASSING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARTIAL PRESSURE; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

DEGASSED SUSPENSIONS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MYOMAP; PERFLUTREN; QUANTISON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACOUSTICS; AIR; ARTICLE; B SCAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGENATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SUSPENSION; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTICS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG STABILITY; FLUOROCARBONS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SERUM ALBUMIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035670036     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00440-9     Document Type: Article

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