Subharmonic signal generation from contrast agents in simulated neovessels

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-203

  Bhagavatheeshwaran, Govind ^a   Shi, William T ^c   Forsberg, Flemming ^c   Shankar, P M ^a,b,d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Subharmonic signals; Tumor angiogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; BACKSCATTERING; BLOOD; HARMONIC GENERATION; TUMORS;

PATIENT MANAGEMENT; SUBHARMONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIMULATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ALBUMINS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 1442348365     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2003.10.016     Document Type: Article

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