Characterizing the Subharmonic Response of Phospholipid-Coated Microbubbles for Carotid Imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 958-970

  Faez, Telli ^a   Emmer, Marcia ^a,b   Docter, Margreet ^a   Sijl, Jeroen ^c   Versluis, Michel ^c   de Jong, Nico ^a,b,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

High frequency ultrasound; Microbubbles; Subharmonics; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PRESSURES; CONTRAST AGENT; EXCITATION FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY CONTENTS; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; MICROBUBBLES; SHEAR-THINNING BEHAVIOR; SUB-HARMONIC RESPONSE; SUB-HARMONIC VIBRATION; SUBHARMONIC OSCILLATIONS; SUBHARMONICS; SWITZERLAND; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

BR 14; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MATERIAL COATING; MICROBUBBLE; OSCILLATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERIES; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROBUBBLES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SONICATION;

EID: 79956158987     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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