Influence of microbubble shell properties on ultrasound signal: Implications for low-power perfusion imaging

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 10 II, 2002, Pages 1269-1276

  Leong Poi, Howard ^b   Song, Ji ^b   Rim, Se Joong ^b   Christiansen, Jonathan ^b   Kaul, Sanjiv ^b   Lindner, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOG; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; NONHUMAN; ULTRASOUND; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MICROSPHERE; POLYMER;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; DOGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART VENTRICLES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; POLYMERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0036782527     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.124516     Document Type: Article

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