In vivo pressure estimation using subharmonic contrast microbubble signals: Proof of concept

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 581-583

  Forsberg, Flemming ^a   Liu, Ji Bin ^a   Shi, William T ^a,b   Furuse, Junji ^a,c   Shimizu, Masafumi ^a,d   Goldberg, Barry B ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^c National Cancer Center   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SCANNING; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DOPPLER ULTRASOUND SIGNALS; NONLINEAR BUBBLE ECHOES; SUBHARMONIC CONTRAST MICROBUBBLE SIGNALS; SUPERHARMONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FERRIC ION; IRON; NYCOMED; OXIDE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRON; MICROBUBBLES; OXIDES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 19344371560     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1428040     Document Type: Article

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