Quantification of ultrasound contrast agent response: Comparison of continuous wave Doppler and power Doppler to backscattered radiofrequency data

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1379-1386

  Lucidarme, Olivier ^a,c   Correas, Jean Michel ^a,b   Bridal, Sharon Lori ^a   Berger, Geneviève ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Continuous wave Doppler intensity; Echo contrast agent; In vitro; Power Doppler; Radio frequency analysis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DOPPLER EFFECT; EMULSIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

CONTINUOUS WAVE DOPPLER INTENSITY (CWDI); POWER DOPPLER INTENSITY (PWDI);

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; PERFLUOROPENTANE; SONOVUE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EMULSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASOUND;

CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUOROCARBONS; INJECTIONS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0035674266     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00435-5     Document Type: Article

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