Evidence for Trapped Surface Bubbles as the Cause for the Twinkling Artifact in Ultrasound Imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1026-1038

  Lu, Wei ^a   Sapozhnikov, Oleg A ^a,b   Bailey, Michael R ^a   Kaczkowski, Peter J ^a   Crum, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Doppler processing; Kidney stones; Microbubbles; Overpressure; Twinkling artifact; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

DOPPLER PROCESSING; KIDNEY STONE; MICROBUBBLES; OVERPRESSURE; TWINKLING ARTIFACTS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; B SCAN; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRAPPED SURFACE BUBBLE;

EID: 84877155673     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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