The dependence of ultrasound contrast agents backscatter on acoustic pressure: Theory versus experiment

Ultrasonics

Volumn 40, Issue 1-8, 2002, Pages 579-583

  Sboros, V ^a   MacDonald, C A ^b   Pye, S D ^a   Moran, C M ^a   Gomatam, J ^b   McDicken, W N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic pressure; Contrast microbubble; Definity; Microbubble theory; Quantison ; Scattering cross section

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; BUBBLE FORMATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SCANNING; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ACOUSTIC PRESSURES; MICROBUBBLE OSCILLATIONS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0036566270     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(02)00175-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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