An in-vivo evaluation of the effects of anesthesia carrier gases on ultrasound contrast agent circulation

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1290-1293

  Mullin, Lee ^a   Gessner, Ryan ^a   Kwan, James ^b   Borden, Mark A ^b   Dayton, Paul A ^a  

^a Biomedical Research Imaging Center   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Carrier gas; Circulation time; Lifetime; Microbubble; Persistence

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; MAMMALS; OXYGEN; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANESTHESIA; CARRIER GAS; CIRCULATION TIME; LIFETIME; MICRO-BUBBLE; PERSISTENCE;

GASES;

EID: 77952797234     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2009.5441486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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