Perfusion quantification using dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound: The impact of dynamic range and gain on time-intensity curves

Ultrasonics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-106

  Gauthier, Thomas P ^a,b   Averkiou, Michalakis A ^c   Leen, Edward L S ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Liver malignancy; Perfusion quantification; Therapy monitoring; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; CONTRAST AGENT; DYNAMIC CONTRAST; DYNAMIC RANGE; FLOW PHANTOM; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; IN-VITRO; LIVER TUMORS; MILAN , ITALY; PERFUSION QUANTIFICATION; PHILIPS; POWER MODULATION; PULSE SEQUENCE; RISETIMES; SIGNAL SATURATION; THERAPY MONITORING; TIME-INTENSITY CURVES; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT;

EXPERIMENTS; FADING (RADIO); IMAGE PROCESSING; LINEARIZATION; LIVER; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST AGENT BR1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; TRANSDUCER;

AREA UNDER CURVE; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77957945760     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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