Theoretical and experimental investigation of the behaviour of ultrasound contrast agent particles in whole blood

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1495-1509

  Stride, Eleanor ^a   Saffari, Nader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CELLS; CONTRAST AGENT PARTICLE (CAP);

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSELS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; CELLS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; ULTRASONICS;

BLOOD;

ALBUNEX; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; ULTRASOUND;

ALBUMINS; BLOOD CELLS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG DESIGN; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 10044250106     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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