Size distribution of microbubbles as a function of shell composition

Ultrasonics

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1363-1367

  Dicker, Stephen ^a   Mleczko, Michał ^b   Schmitz, Georg ^b   Wrenn, Steven P ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Microbubble; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS; GAUSSIANS; MEAN DIAMETER; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICROBUBBLES; MOLE FRACTION; PHOSPHOLIPID MONOLAYERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG);

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATLAB; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOLAYERS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CONTRAST MEDIUM; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; MICROBUBBLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ULTRASOUND;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONICS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878587659     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2013.04.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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