Development of a finite element model of ultrasound contrast agent

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1989-1992

  Pauzin, Marie Christine ^a,b   Mensah, Serge ^a   Lefebvre, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE ET D ACOUSTIQUE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Finite element model

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; AGENTS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUMERICAL METHODS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

ANALYTICAL MODELLING; BOUNDARY CONDITIONING; COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS; CONTRAST AGENT; ELASTIC SHELLS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; MICRO BUBBLES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PRESSURE FIELDS; SHELL BEHAVIOR; SPHERICAL OBJECTS; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 48149110286     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.500     Document Type: Conference Paper

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