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ArticlePhysics in medicine and biology2019

Plane wave versus focused transmissions for contrast enhanced ultrasound imaging: the role of parameter settings and the effects of flow rate on contrast measurements.

Elahe Moghimirad, Jeffrey Bamber, Emma Harris

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Article in Physics in medicine and biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 46% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elahe MoghimiradThe Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, Sutton, SM2 5NG, United Kingdom.
Jeffrey Bamber
Emma Harris
Institute of Cancer Research · GBRoyal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 23557Cancer Research UK C20892/A23557
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and dynamic contrast enhanced ultrasound (DCE-US) can be used to provide information about the vasculature aiding diagnosis and monitoring of a number of pathologies including cancer. In the development of a CEUS imaging system, there are many choices to be made, such as whether to use plane wave (PW) or focused imaging (FI), and the values for parameters such as transmit frequency, F-number, mechanical index, and number of compounding angles (for PW imaging). CEUS image contrast may also be dependent on subject characteristics, e.g. flow speed and vessel orientation. We evaluated the effect of such choices on vessel contrast for PW and FI in vitro, using 2D ultrasound imaging. CEUS images were obtained using a Vantage

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Contrast MediaAlgorithmsArtifactsHumansPhantoms, ImagingUltrasonographyContrast Media

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PMID30917360
PMCPMC7655116
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