High-Frequency Subharmonic Pulsed-Wave Doppler and Color Flow Imaging of Microbubble Contrast Agents

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1139-1151

  Needles, A ^a   Goertz, D E ^b   Karshafian, R ^a   Cherin, E ^a   Brown, A S ^a   Burns, P N ^a   Foster, F S ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clutter filter; Color flow; Definity ; High frequency ultrasound; Microbubbles; Power Doppler; Pulsed wave Doppler; Subharmonic

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; ESTIMATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTORESISTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BLOOD VELOCITY; BUBBLE BEHAVIOR; CLUTTER FILTER; CLUTTER FILTERING; COLOR FLOW; COLOR FLOW IMAGING; DEFINITY; DOPPLER; FLOW IMAGING; FRAME RATES; HIGH FREQUENCIES; HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; IN VIVO VALIDATION; IN-VITRO; MICRO-BUBBLE CONTRAST AGENTS; MICROBUBBLES; MICROVASCULAR; POWER DOPPLER; PRESSURE RANGES; PULSED-WAVE DOPPLER; RADIATION FORCE; SUB HARMONICS; SUBHARMONIC; TISSUE SIGNALS; TRANSMIT FREQUENCY; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT; VESSEL WALLS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; PERFLUTREN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLUTTER FILTER; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FILTER; FLOW KINETICS; HIGH FREQUENCY SUBHARMONIC PULSED WAVE DOPPLER IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROBUBBLE; MICROVASCULAR ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RABBIT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; EAR; FLUOROCARBONS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBUBBLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RABBITS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 45949083736     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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