Nonlinear contrast agent imaging with a linear array based micro-ultrasound system

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 279-282

  Needles, A ^a   Mehi, J ^a   Arditi, M ^b   Gaud, E ^b   Frinking, P ^b   Rognin, N ^b   Hirson, D ^a   Foster, F S ^a,c  

^a VisualSonics   (Canada)

^b Bracco Suisse SA   (Switzerland)

^c Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrast agent imaging; High frequency; Micro ultrasound; Microbubble; Nonlinear; Small animal

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING;

CONTRAST AGENT IMAGING; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MICRO-BUBBLE; NONLINEAR; SMALL ANIMAL;

ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 77952873363     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2009.5441633     Document Type: Conference Paper

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