Acoustic signal characterization of phase change nanodroplets in tissue-mimicking phantom gels

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 7 PART 2, 2010, Pages

  Asami, Rei ^a   Ikeda, Teiichiro ^a   Azuma, Takashi ^a   Umemura, Shinichiro ^b   Ken Ichi Kawabata, ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; B-MODE IMAGING; IMPULSE WAVES; INTENSITY CHANGE; MICRO-SCALES; NANO-DROPLETS; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; PERFLUOROCARBONS; PHASE CHANGE; RIGID BOUNDARIES; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; VAPORIZATION;

GELS;

EID: 77956587460     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.49.07HF16     Document Type: Article

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