Effect of acoustic insonation parameters on ultrasonic contrast agents destruction

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 1600-1603

  Su, Shin Yuan ^a   Chen, Wen Shiang ^b   Yeh, Chih Kuang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Destruction percentage; Mechanical index; Ultrasonic contrast agents

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EXPOSURE; ACOUSTIC PRESSURES; ACOUSTICAL METHODS; BACKSCATTERED POWER; CYCLE PULSE; DESTRUCTION PERCENTAGE; EXPONENTIAL CURVES; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGING MODEL; INSONATION; MECHANICAL INDEX; MECHANICAL INDEXES; MICRO-BUBBLE; PERFUSION IMAGING; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PULSE CYCLE; PULSE FREQUENCIES; SONOPORATION; THRESHOLD PARAMETERS; ULTRASONIC CONTRAST AGENTS;

DRUG DELIVERY; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MASKS;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 78649381147     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2006.405     Document Type: Conference Paper

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