The acoustic scatter from single bisphere microbubbles

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1884-1892

  Thomas, D H ^a   Butler, M B ^a   Dermitzakis, A ^b   Anderson, T ^a   McDicken, W N ^a   Sboros, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acoustic scatter; BiSphere; Contrast agents; Single microbubbles

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PRESSURES; ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; BISPHERE; CONTRAST AGENT; GAS RELEASE; INCIDENT PULSE; INCIDENT-PULSE DURATION; LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA; LOW FREQUENCY; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICROBUBBLES; POLY LACTIDE; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SHELL SITES; SINGLE MICROBUBBLES; THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING;

ALBUMIN; BISPHERE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; POLYLACTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; GAS FLOW; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBUBBLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACOUSTICS; ALBUMINS; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROBUBBLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYESTERS; PRESSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77958154267     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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