Emboli detection using a new transducer design

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-126

  Palanchon, P ^a   Bouakaz, A ^a,b   Klein, J ^a   De Jong, N ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Emboli characterization; Harmonic; Radiofrequency signal; Subharmonic; Ultraharmonic

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC GENERATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONANCE; TRANSDUCERS;

GASEOUS BUBBLES; SCATTERED SPECTRA;

ULTRASONICS;

LEAD;

ARTICLE; EMBOLISM; EVALUATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 1042264112     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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