Feasibility of 3D harmonic contrast imaging

Ultrasonics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-9, 2004, Pages 739-743

  Voormolen, M M ^a,b   Bouakaz, A ^a,b   Krenning, B J ^b   Lancee C T ^b   Ten Cate, F J ^b   De Jong, N ^a,b,c  

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

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D; Contrast agent; Echocardiography; Harmonic imaging

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

CONTRAST AGENT; HARMONIC IMAGING;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST AGENT BR1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCER;

CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 1642585895     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2003.12.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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