SURF imaging: In Vivo demonstration of an ultrasound contrast agent detection technique

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1112-1121

  Måsøy, Svein Erik ^a,b   Standal, Øyvind ^b   Näsholm, Peter ^b   Johansen, Tonni F ^b   Angelsen, Bjørn ^a,b   Hansen, Rune ^b,c  

^a IEEE

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TISSUE CULTURE;

CONTRAST AGENT DETECTION; SURF IMAGING; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST AGENT BR1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY; METHODOLOGY; SWINE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 44249093721     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.763     Document Type: Conference Paper

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