Effects of Attenuation and Thrombus Age on the Success of Ultrasound and Microbubble-Mediated Thrombus Dissolution

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 280-288

  Xie, Feng ^a   Everbach, E Carr ^b   Gao, Shunji ^a   Drvol, Lucas K ^a   Shi, William T ^c   Vignon, Francois ^c   Powers, Jeff E ^d   Lof, John ^a   Porter, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^d PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbubbles; Three dimensional ultrasound; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

3-D ULTRASOUND; BEFORE AND AFTER; DIAGNOSTIC TRANSDUCERS; DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND; FLOW SYSTEMS; INCIDENT ANGLES; INERTIAL CAVITATION; MECHANICAL INDEXES; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICROBUBBLES; NON-TARGETED; POSITIONING SYSTEM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND; THROMBUS; TISSUE ATTENUATION; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; TREATMENT MODALITY; VARYING THICKNESS;

DISSOLUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; LIPID; PERFLUTREN;

ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; ECHOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 78751611789     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.10.022     Document Type: Article

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