Characterization of Acoustic Properties of PVA-Shelled Ultrasound Contrast Agents: Linear Properties (Part I)

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1127-1138

  Grishenkov, Dmitry ^a   Pecorari, Claudio ^b   Brismar, Torkel B ^c   Paradossi, Gaio ^d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ÅF Kontroll AB ^*  (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attenuation and phase velocity; Contrast agents; Microbubbles; Modeling; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION AND PHASE VELOCITY; CONTRAST AGENTS; MICROBUBBLES; MODELING; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ACOUSTIC WAVES; PHASE VELOCITY; RESONANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS; VELOCITY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ACOUSTICS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; MICROBUBBLE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBUBBLES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 67649372687     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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