Excitation of polymer-shelled contrast agents with high-frequency ultrasound

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Ketterling, Jeffrey A ^a   Mamou, Jonathan ^a   Allen III, John S ^b   Aristizábal, Orlando ^c   Williamson, Rene G ^c   Turnbull, Daniel H ^c  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; HARMONIC GENERATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

BUBBLE BACKSCATTER; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; NONLINEAR PROPAGATION; POLYMER AGENTS;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; POLYMER;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; EXCITATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRUM; THEORETICAL STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846233908     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2401270     Document Type: Article

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