Real-Time 3-D Contrast-Enhanced Transcranial Ultrasound and Aberration Correction

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1387-1395

  Ivancevich, Nikolas M ^a   Pinton, Gianmarco F ^a   Nicoletto, Heather A ^b   Bennett, Ellen ^b   Laskowitz, Daniel T ^b   Smith, Stephen W ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D imaging; Intracranial arteries; Phase aberration; Transcranial; Ultrasound contrast

Indexed keywords

3-D IMAGING; ABERRATION CORRECTIONS; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBRAL VESSELS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DETECTION RATES; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIES; MICRO BUBBLES; PHASE ABERRATION; PHASE ABERRATION CORRECTION; REAL-TIME 3-D; TRANSCRANIAL; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST;

ABERRATIONS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BLOOD VESSELS; HEALTH; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS; WINDOWS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

PERFLUTREN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; TEMPORAL ARTERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN; CALIBRATION; CEREBRAL VEINS; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 49849096365     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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