In vitro pressure estimation obtained from subharmonic contrast microbubble signals

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2207-2210

  Leodore, Lauren M ^a,b   Forsberg, Flemming ^a   Shi, William T ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Pressure estimation; Subharmonic signals; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST AGENTS; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DEFINITY; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMS; HEART CAVITIES; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; LONG TERM; MICRO BUBBLES; NONINVASIVE ESTIMATION; OPTISON; PRESSURE CHANGING; PRESSURE ESTIMATION; PRESSURE GRADIENTS; PRESSURE RANGES; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; SECOND HARMONIC; SINGLE-ELEMENT TRANSDUCERS; SUB HARMONICS; SUBHARMONIC CONTRAST MICROBUBBLE SIGNALS; SUBHARMONIC IMAGING; SUBHARMONIC SIGNALS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

AGENTS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; ESTIMATION; FLUID MECHANICS; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS; WATER TANKS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 48149105114     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.555     Document Type: Conference Paper

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