Ultrasound contrast imaging: current and new potential methods.

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Published in Ultrasound Med Biol on July 01, 2000

Authors

P J Frinking1, A Bouakaz, J Kirkhorn, F J Ten Cate, N de Jong

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology and Experimental Echocardiography, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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