Investigation of the Effects of Microbubble Shell Disruption on Population Scattering and Implications for Modeling Contrast Agent Behavior

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 286-292

  Chin, Chien Ting ^a,b   Burns, Peter N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MICROBUBBLE SHELL DISRUPTION; POPULATION SCATTERING; ULTRASOUND EXPOSURE; ULTRASOUND PULSES;

DAMPING; DELAY CIRCUITS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DISSOLUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; ULTRASOUND;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROBUBBLES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SONICATION; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84862352309     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2004.1295408     Document Type: Article

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