Narrow size distribution of microbubbles for enhancement of harmonic imaging

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 845-848

  Moon, Hyungwon ^a   Yu, Jaesok ^a   Park, Sunyoung ^a   Chang, Jin Ho ^a   Song, Tai Kyong ^a   Kim, Hyuncheol ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Harmonic Mode; Liposome; Microbubble; Resonance Frequency; Ultrasound Contrast Agent

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; HARMONIC MODES; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICROBUBBLE CONTRAST AGENTS; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; OPTIMAL RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT;

DIAGNOSIS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LIPOSOMES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONICS;

PHOSPHOLIPID; SONOVUE;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBUBBLE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHANTOM; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIPIDS; MICROBUBBLES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84877763443     PISSN: 15507033     EISSN: 15507041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2013.1507     Document Type: Article

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