Observation of contrast agent response to chirp insonation with a simultaneous optical-acoustical system

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1130-1137

  Yang, Sun ^a,b   Shukui, Zhao ^a,b   Dayton, Paul A ^a,b   Ferrara, Katherine W ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE ACOUSTICAL RECORDINGS; OPTICAL-ACOUSTICAL SYSTEM; RAYLEIGH-PLESSET ANALYSIS; TIME-REVERSED REPLICAS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); ULTRASONIC WAVES;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTICS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBUBBLES; MICROSCOPY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 33746830845     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2006.1642511     Document Type: Article

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