Effects of Nonlinear Propagation in Ultrasound Contrast Agent Imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 459-466

  Tang, Meng Xing ^a   Kamiyama, Naohisa ^b   Eckersley, Robert J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Imaging artefacts; Nonlinear propagation; Perfusion quantification

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; ACOUSTIC PATH; BUBBLE CLOUD; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST-TO-TISSUE RATIO; DRIVING FREQUENCIES; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; IMAGE INTENSITIES; IMAGING PROBE; LOW MECHANICAL INDEX; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICROBUBBLE DYNAMICS; MICROBUBBLES; NONLINEAR PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR SCATTERING; PERFUSION QUANTIFICATION; PULSE INVERSION; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; TISSUE-MIMICKING MATERIALS; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT; ULTRASOUND SYSTEM;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; ULTRASONICS;

TISSUE;

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTRAST TO TISSUE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; IMAGE QUALITY; MICROBUBBLE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATION;

CONTRAST MEDIA; MICROBUBBLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 76749093971     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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