Optimal pulse sequences for the suppression of memoryless tissue harmonics

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 542-545

  Mleczko, Michał ^a   Wilkeningt, Wilko G ^b   Schmitz, Georg ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b KROHNE MESSTECHNIK GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast agent imaging; Pulse optimization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; AGENTS; CRACK PROPAGATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST AGENT IMAGING; CONTRAST AGENTS; CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; MICROBUBBLE OSCILLATION; NON LINEARITIES; NONLINEAR PROPAGATIONS; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; PHASE-INVERSION; PULSE OPTIMIZATION; PULSE SEQUENCES; SIGNAL COMPONENTS; SOUND PROPAGATION; TISSUE-MIMICKING PHANTOMS; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 48149113430     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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