Contrast Media in Ultrasonography: Basic Principles and by Emilio Quaia

By Emilio Quaia

Examines intimately the various medical functions of microbubble-based distinction brokers. Explains the rules underlying using contrast-specific imaging concepts and the exam technique. includes quite a few high quality illustrations, together with many in colour. Written through well-known specialists.

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Artefacts from microbubble-based agents. Blooming artefact consisting in the presence of colour signal outside the vessels. Baseline colour Doppler US (a,b) of the right kidney. The renal parenchymal vessels are identified. After microbubble-based agents injection (c,d) colour signal becomes diffuse and identified outside the renal vessels a b Fig. 17a,b. Artefacts from microbubble-based agents. Blooming artefact consisting in the presence of colour signal outside the vessels. Baseline colour Doppler US (a) of the right carotid bulb.

G. when the right liver lobe is scanned at a transverse insonating plane after initial longitudinal sweep through the left lobe and part of the right lobe (Figs. 20) (Harvey et al. 2000). Another artefact consisting in vertical signal void may be determined by small tissue movement between the two out-of-phase pulses in pulse inversion mode (Fig. 21) and may be eliminated by power pulse inversion mode which works as a multi-pulse technique by considering as linear the tissue movement between the different pulses and by summing the resulting phase shift.

The next section considers modelling and engineering coated microbubbles to control and improve their acoustic response. Fig. 3. 3 Design and Engineering There are two types of variables involved in the design and engineering of coated microbubbles. Firstly, there are those which, within limits, can be controlled, such as the shell, the gas and the sound field. Secondly, there are those, such as the surrounding fluid, which cannot be controlled but whose influence upon coated microbubble behaviour must be considered since it may affect the design requirements.

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