Pressure-dependent attenuation with microbubbles at low mechanical index

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 377-384

  Tang, Meng Xing ^a   Eckersley, Robert J ^b   Noble, J Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Microbubbles; Pressure dependent attenuation; Quantification; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC PRESSURES; LOW MECHANICAL INDEX; MICROBUBBLES; PRESSURE-DEPENDENT ATTENUATION;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; EXPERIMENTATION; IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; MICROBUBBLE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MICROBUBBLES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PRESSURE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 14744269529     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.12.009     Document Type: Article

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