Compensation of attenuation in contrast-enhanced ultrasound: Application to small animal studies

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 1111-1114

  Mule, Sébastien ^a   De Cesare, Alain ^a   Renault, Gilles ^a   Lucidarme, Olivier ^a,b   Frouin, Frédérique ^a   Herment, Alain ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST UPTAKE; ECHOGENIC; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; MICROBUBBLES; PARAMETRIC IMAGE; PERFUSION STUDIES; SHADOWING EFFECTS; SMALL ANIMAL STUDY; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ULTRASONICS;

BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 78649377795     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2006.285     Document Type: Conference Paper

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