Single Microbubble Response Using Pulse Sequences: Initial Results

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-119

  Thomas, D H ^a   Butler, M B ^a   Anderson, T ^a   Steel, R ^a   Pye, S D ^b   Poland, M ^c   Brock Fisher, T ^c   McDicken, W N ^a   Sboros, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

biSphere ; Definity ; Pulse amplitude modulation; Single microbubbles; Ultrasound scatter

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MODULATION; PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC SCATTERINGS; DEFINITY; FOCUSED FLOWS; MICROBUBBLE; MICROBUBBLES; PROCESSING APPROACHES; PULSE SEQUENCES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF DATUMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SINGLE MICROBUBBLES; ULTRASOUND SCATTER;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ACOUSTIC SCATTERING; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUOROCARBONS; MICROBUBBLES; POLYMERS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 57249095847     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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