Time and pressure dependence of acoustic signals radiated from microbubbles

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1367-1374

  Ganor, Yaniv ^a   Adam, Dan ^a   Kimmel, Eitan ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood pressure measurement; Microbubbles; Optison; Subharmonic signals; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MICROSENSORS; ULTRASONICS;

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; MICROBUBBLES; OPTISON; SUBHARMONIC SIGNALS;

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; MICROBUBBLE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE;

ALBUMINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBUBBLES; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26444608429     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.06.014     Document Type: Article

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