Three-dimensional subharmonic ultrasound imaging in vitro and in vivo

Academic Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 732-739

  Eisenbrey, John R ^a   Sridharan, Anush ^a,b   Machado, Priscilla ^a   Zhao, Hongjia ^a,d   Halldorsdottir, Valgerdur G ^a,c   Dave, Jaydev K ^a,c   Liu, Ji Bin ^a   Park, Suhyun ^e   Dianis, Scott ^e   Wallace, Kirk ^e   Thomenius, Kai E ^e   Forsberg, Flemming ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The Second People's Hospital of Le'an County   (China)

^e GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Subharmonic imaging; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

PERFLUTREN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANINE ADENOVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARMONIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY VEIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBHARMONIC IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DOGS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RENAL ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84860633015     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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