High frequency nonlinear scattering from a micrometer to submicrometer sized lipid encapsulated contrast agent

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 569-577

  Goertz, David E ^a,b   Frijlink, Martijn E ^a   de Jong, Nico ^a,b,c   van der Steen, A F W ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Harmonic; High frequency; Intravascular ultrasound; Microbubbles; Nonlinear

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FREQUENCIES; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPIDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST AGENTS; HIGH FREQUENCY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MICROBUBBLES;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; LIPID;

ARTICLE; ENCAPSULATION; ENERGY; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MICROBUBBLE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTICS; BLOOD VESSELS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MICROBUBBLES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33645973308     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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