In vitro characterization of the subharmonic ultrasound signal from Definity microbubbles at high frequencies

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1209-1223

  Cheung, K ^a   Couture, O ^a   Bevan, P D ^a   Cherin, E ^a   Williams, R ^a   Burns, P N ^a   Foster, F S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROCIRCULATION; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

KELLER-MIKSIS MODEL; OPTIMAL BUBBLE DIAMETERS; PEAK-NEGATIVE PRESSURES; SUBHARMONIC IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

PERFLUTREN;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CALCULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DENSITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENERGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROCIRCULATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIMULATION; TISSUE; VELOCITY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUOROCARBONS; GASES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ULTRASONICS; WATER;

EID: 42649098894     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/5/004     Document Type: Article

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