A new imaging strategy utilizing wideband transient response of ultrasound contrast agents

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 424-428

  Kruse, Dustin E ^a   Yeh, Chih Kuang ^a,b   Ferrara, Katherine W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CELLS; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS (UCA); WIDEBAND TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

BACKSCATTERING; BANDWIDTH; BLOOD; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CELLS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 4143056041     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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