Nonlinear Emission from Individual Bound Microbubbles at High Frequencies

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 313-324

  Sprague, Michael R ^a   Chérin, Emmanuel ^a   Goertz, David E ^a   Foster, F Stuart ^a  

^a Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

High frequency ultrasound; Molecular imaging; Subharmonic; Targeted microbubbles

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAUSSIANS; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICROBUBBLES; NONLINEAR EMISSIONS; NONLINEAR PROPAGATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; SECOND HARMONIC SIGNALS; SUB-MILLIMETER RESOLUTIONS; SUBHARMONIC COMPONENT; SUBHARMONIC SIGNALS; SUBHARMONICS; TARGETED MICROBUBBLES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BLOOD VESSELS; HARMONIC FUNCTIONS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONICS;

BANDWIDTH;

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; GELATIN; MICROMARKER; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FIELD EMISSION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATOR; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROBUBBLE; MICROSCOPE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTICS; GELATIN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROBUBBLES; OPTICAL DEVICES; PARTICLE SIZE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 74849106571     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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