A Tissue-Mimicking Ultrasound Test Object Using Droplet Vaporization to Create Point Targets

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2013-2025

  Carneal, Catherine M ^a,b   Kripfgans, Oliver D ^a,b   Krücker, Jochen ^b   Carson, Paul L ^a,b   Fowlkes, J Brian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; ALBUMINOID; FLUOROCARBON; PERFLUOROPENTANE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBUBBLE; PARTICLE SIZE; STANDARD; VOLATILIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ACRYLIC RESINS; ALBUMINS; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84856475598     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2011.2045     Document Type: Article

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