Hydrogel based tissue mimicking phantom for in-vitro ultrasound contrast agents studies

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 338-345

  Demitri, Christian ^a,c   Sannino, Alessandro ^a   Conversano, Francesco ^b   Casciaro, Sergio ^c   Distante, Alessandro ^c   Maffezzoli, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b Euro Mediterranean Scientific Biomedical Institute ISBEM   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; Hydrogel; In vitro; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COLLOIDS; FOURIER SERIES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTICAL PROPERTIES; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; BIOMIMETIC; CONTRAST AGENTS; DIACRYLATE; DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES; HUMAN TISSUES; IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; IN VITRO; MICROVASCULAR; MICROVASCULAR NETWORKS; REASSEMBLY; SET UPS; SIMULATING; TARGET ORGANS; TISSUE STRUCTURES; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS; ULTRASOUND MEDICAL IMAGING; VASCULAR SYSTEMS;

HYDROGELS;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MICROVASCULARIZATION; PARENCHYMA; TARGET ORGAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COLLOIDS; DIAGNOSIS; GLYCOLS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SENSORS; SOUND WAVES; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES;

EID: 55049103931     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31108     Document Type: Article

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