Contrast resonance imaging with embedded ultrasound imaging pulses

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 212-215

  Shi, William T ^a   Hall, Christopher S ^a   Rafter, Patrick G ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble resonance; Contrast agent; Contrast imaging; Embedded pulse; Microbubbles; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; IMAGE CODING; RESONANCE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

FLOW PHANTOM; IMAGING MODES; IMAGING PULSE; IN-VITRO; INTERNATIONAL (CO); LONG PULSES; MICRO-BUBBLES; NONLINEAR SCATTERING; ULTRASOUND (US) IMAGES; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

BUBBLE RESONANCE; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST IMAGING; EMBEDDED PULSE; MICROBUBBLES; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 47249145232     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2006.66     Document Type: Conference Paper

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