Radial Modulation Imaging of Microbubble Contrast Agents at High Frequency

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 949-962

  Chérin, Emmanuel ^a   Brown, Jeremy ^a   Måsøy, Svein Erik ^b   Shariff, Hamid ^c   Karshafian, Raffi ^c   Williams, Ross ^a   Burns, Peter N ^a,c   Foster, F Stuart ^a,c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; High frequency ultrasound; Microbubbles; Radial modulation imaging

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW SIMULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST AGENTS; HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; MICROBUBBLES; RADIAL MODULATION IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROBUBBLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 43849093305     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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