Regularized Estimation of Contrast Agent Attenuation to Improve the Imaging of Microbubbles in Small Animal Studies

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 938-948

  Mulé, Sébastien ^a,b   De Cesare, Alain ^a,b   Lucidarme, Olivier ^a,b,c   Frouin, Frédérique ^a,b   Herment, Alain ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; in vivo; Microbubbles; Perfusion; Small animal study

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TISSUE;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; MICROBUBBLES;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBUBBLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PERFUSION; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MICROBUBBLES; MODELS, ANIMAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 44049107053     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.11.014     Document Type: Article

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