Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1564-1573 , September 2009

A Method for Differentiating Targeted Microbubbles in Real Time Using Subharmonic Micro-Ultrasound and Interframe Filtering

Received 29 April 2008 ,Revised 19 March 2009 ,Accepted 7 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.04.006

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1564-1573 , September 2009

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