A new imaging strategy using wideband transient response of ultrasound contrast agents

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1320-1329

  Kruse, Dustin E ^a,b,c,d   Ferrara, Katherine W ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Davis   (United States)

^d Sigma Pi Sigma ^*  (United States)

^e ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OSCILLATIONS; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT (UCA); WIDEBAND TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

BANDWIDTH; EDGE DETECTION; FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATIONS; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBUBBLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 27644566583     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1509790     Document Type: Article

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