Flordeliza S. Villanueva;Xucai Chen;Francois T. H. Yu
发明人:
Xucai Chen,Francois T. H. Yu,Flordeliza S. Villanueva
申请号:
US14241051
公开号:
US09603582B2
申请日:
2012.08.24
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要:
A method of imaging a blood vessel includes delivering a bubble-based contrast agent within the vessel and positioning at least one ultrasound device in the vicinity of the bubble-based contrast agent within the vessel. A first burst of low-frequency ultrasound energy can be delivered to excite the bubble-based contrast agent into oscillation within the vessel, and a second burst of high-frequency ultrasound energy can be delivered at the excited bubble-based contrast agent. A return signal from the burst of high-frequency ultrasound energy can be received and processed to obtain one or more images.