A statistical model for the quantification of microbubbles in destructive imaging

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 592-599

  Siepmann, Monica ^a   Reinhardt, Michael ^b   Schmitz, Georg ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

microbubbles; quantification; stimulated acoustic emission; targeted imaging; ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBUBBLE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 77957284406     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3181ef3741     Document Type: Article

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