On sizing and counting of microbubbles using optical microscopy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2093-2096

  Sennoga, Charles A ^a   Mahue, Veronique ^a   Loughran, Jonathan ^a   Casey, Jonathan ^a   Seddon, John M ^a   Tang, Mengxing ^a   Eckersley, Robert J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mean size diameter; Microbubble number count; Observer variability; Optical microscopy; Size distribution; SonoVue

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC MEAN; MEAN SIZE; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICROBUBBLES; NATURAL DECAY; OBSERVER VARIABILITY;

MICROSPHERES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

MICROSPHERE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBUBBLE; MICROSCOPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBUBBLES; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 78449273850     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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