Radiation force-enhanced targeted imaging and near real-time molecular imaging using a dual-frequency high-resolution transducer: In-vitro and in-vivo results

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 9-12

  Gessner, Ryan ^a   Lukacs, Marc ^b   Lee, Mike ^b   Tsuruta, James ^a   Foster, F Stuart ^b   Dayton, Paul A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microbubbles; Molecular imaging; Radiation force; Targeted agent detection; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANIMALS; PROBES; RADIATION; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

AGENT DETECTION; HIGH RESOLUTION ULTRASOUND; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSDUCERS; MICROBUBBLE CONTRAST AGENTS; MICROBUBBLES; RADIATION FORCES; ULTRASONIC MOLECULAR IMAGING; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT;

MOLECULAR IMAGING;

EID: 77952814077     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2009.5441539     Document Type: Conference Paper

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