Automated quantitative analysis of the shift of frequency spectra generated by attenuated signals from contrast microbubbles

Ultrasonics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-81

  Bartleson, Virginia B ^a   Viggen, Kjetil ^a   Asanuma, Toshihiko ^a   Kinnick, Randall R ^a   Belohlavek, Marek ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast microbubbles; Ultrasound contrast; Ultrasound harmonic imaging

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY;

ULTRASOUND HARMONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; MICROSPHERE;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; MICROSPHERES; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0037332557     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(02)00397-9     Document Type: Article

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