Nonlinear coded excitation method for ultrasound contrast imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 277-284

  Borsboom, Jerome M G ^a,b   Chin, Chien Ting ^a,c   De Jong, Nico ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c FOM INSTITUTE DIFFER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Chirp; Coded excitation; Contrast agents; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

NONLINEAR CODED EXCITATION METHOD;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0037298617     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00712-3     Document Type: Article

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