Should the mechanical index be revised for ARFI imaging?

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 17-20

  Church, Charles C ^a   Labuda, Cecille ^a   Nightingale, Kathryn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic Radiation Force Imaging; ARFI; bioeffects; inertial cavitation; mechanical index; MI

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE; ARFI; BIO-EFFECTS; INERTIAL CAVITATION; MECHANICAL INDEXES; MI;

BLOOD; CAVITATION;

TISSUE;

EID: 84882411669     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2012.0005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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