Amplitude-modulation chirp imaging for contrast detection

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1535-1545

  Li, Meng Lin ^a   Kuo, Yu Chen ^a   Yeh, Chih Kuang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation chirp imaging; Frequency sum and difference; Pulse compression

Indexed keywords

AXIAL RESOLUTIONS; BACK-SCATTERED; CHIRP IMAGING; CHIRP SIGNALS; CONTRAST-TO-TISSUE RATIO; CROSS SECTION; FREQUENCY-SUM AND -DIFFERENCE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGING PULSE; LOW FREQUENCY; MICRO-VASCULATURE; MICROBUBBLES; MODULATION DEPTH; NARROW BANDS; ON FLOW; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SIGNAL EXTRACTION; WAVE FORMS; WIDE-BAND;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BANDPASS FILTERS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PULSE COMPRESSION; PUMPS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

CHIRP MODULATION;

SONOVUE;

ACOUSTICS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACTION; HIG FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; MICROBUBBLE; MICROVASCULATURE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVEFORM;

ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBUBBLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 77956017647     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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