Investigating the significance of multiple scattering in ultrasound contrast agent particle populations

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2332-2345

  Stride, E ^a   Saffari, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albumin encapsulated octofluoropropane; Broadband attenuation; Copolymer encapsulated isobutane; Microbubble suspension; Microbubble ultrasound contrast agents; Multiple scattering; Sound propagation; Ultrasound contrast agent particle populations

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND ATTENUATION; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; SOUND PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PROPANE;

ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBUBBLES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 32844470408     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1563278     Document Type: Article

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