Evaluation of Ferucarbotran (Resovist®) as a photoacoustic contrast agent

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-88

  Mienkina, Martin P ^a   Friedrich, Claus Stefan ^a   Hensel, Karin ^a   Gerhardt, Nils C ^a   Hofmann, Martin R ^a   Schmitz, Georg ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Ferucarbotran; Optoacoustics; Photoacoustics; Resovist

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND RATIOS; CLINICAL SCANNERS; CONCENTRATION OF; CONTRAST AGENTS; FERUCARBOTRAN; GELATIN PHANTOMS; GOLD NANORODS; MIXTURE CONCENTRATIONS; NANO-SCALE; ND : YAG LASERS; OPTICAL IMAGING; OPTOACOUSTICS; PENETRATION DEPTHS; PHOTO-ACOUSTIC IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC SIGNALS; PHOTOACOUSTICS; SENSITIVITY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; SINGLE ELEMENTS; TOXICOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

FERUCARBOTRAN; GELATIN;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; IMAGING SYSTEM; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHANTOM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

CONTRAST MEDIA; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IRON; OXIDES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63849274114     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BMT.2009.012     Document Type: Article

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