Ultrasound assessment of polymer-shelled magnetic microbubbles used as dual contrast agents

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Sciallero, Claudia ^a,b   Trucco, Andrea ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Esaote   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRP PULSE; CONTRAST AGENT; ECHOGENICITY; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND; MICROBUBBLES; NONLINEAR TERMS; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC PARTICLES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONICS;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FERUMOXYTOL; NANOPARTICLE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC BLOOD POOL AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURFACE PROPERTY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FERUMOXYTOL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROBUBBLES; NANOPARTICLES; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84878906439     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4804942     Document Type: Article

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