Radial modulation of microbubbles for ultrasound contrast imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2283-2290

  Bouakaz, Ayache ^a,b,c   Versluis, Michel ^d   Borsboom, Jerome ^e   De Jong, Nico ^a,d,e,f  

^a IEEE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST DETECTION; LF SIGNAL; RADIAL MODULATION; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBUBBLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37049010700     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.532     Document Type: Article

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