Ultrasonic contrast agents for color Doppler imaging

US5425366A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• SCHERING CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Michael Reinhardt · Mannheim, DE
• Thomas Fritzsch · Berlin, DE
• Dieter Heldmann · Munich, DE
• Joachim Siegert · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 1993
• Grant date: Jun 20, 1995
• Expiry date: Jun 7, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S15/8979
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for obtaining an ultrasonic image of a patient with ultrasonic color Doppler modality with microparticulate ultrasonic contrast agents in regions where the ultrasonic contrast agents are essentially motionless.