Understanding the limitations of ultrasonic backscatter measurements from microbubble populations

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 4287-4299

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS;

MICROBUBBLES;

ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

ALBUNEX; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069; ORGASOL; PERFLUTREN; QUANTISON;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENSION; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ACOUSTICS; CALIBRATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; MICROSPHERES; PRESSURE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037038884     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/23/313     Document Type: Article

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