In vivo microbubble cavitation imaging

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 927-930

  Vignon, François ^a   Shi, William ^a   Liu, Jinjin ^b   Xie, Feng ^b   Gao, Shunji ^b   Drvol, Lucas ^b   Lof, Johl ^b   Everbach, Carr ^c   Porter, Thomas ^b   Powers, Jeff ^d  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Cavitation monitoring; Contrast Agents; Image guided therapy; Microbubbles; Sonothrombolysis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST AGENT; IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY; MICROBUBBLES; SONOTHROMBOLYSIS; STROKE;

ACOUSTICS; ULTRASONICS;

CAVITATION;

EID: 84869053050     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2011.0227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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