Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 459-466 , March 2010

Effects of Nonlinear Propagation in Ultrasound Contrast Agent Imaging

  • Meng-Xing Tang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr Meng-Xing Tang, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
    • ,
  • Naohisa Kamiyama

      Affiliations

    • Application & Research Group, Ultrasound Division, Toshiba Medical Systems Corp., Otawara, Japan
    • ,
  • Robert J. Eckersley

      Affiliations

    • Imaging Sciences Department, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK

Received 9 September 2008 ,Revised 12 November 2009 ,Accepted 24 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.11.011

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 459-466 , March 2010

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