Frequency and pressure dependent attenuation and scattering by microbubbles

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 164-168

  Tang, Meng Xing ^a   Eckersley, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Microbubbles; Multifrequency; Pressure dependency; Scattering; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ATTENUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

MICROBUBBLES; MULTIFREQUENCY; PRESSURE DEPENDENCY; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; MICROBUBBLE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; ULTRASOUND;

HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROBUBBLES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRESSURE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845611023     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.07.031     Document Type: Article

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