Subharmonic response from polymer-shelled contrast agents

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1077-1080

  Ketterling, Jeffrey A ^a   Mamou, Jonathan ^a  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC CONTRAST AGENTS; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST AGENTS; FLOW SYSTEMS; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; NON-LINEAR IMAGING; NUMBER OF CYCLES; SINGLE AGENTS; SUB HARMONICS; SUB-HARMONIC RESPONSE; TONE BURSTS;

BACKSCATTERING; HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; POLYMERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

AGENTS;

EID: 48149092444     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.272     Document Type: Conference Paper

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