Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology

Editor-in-Chief: Christy K. Holland University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA, Editorial Office , Managing Editor: Rose M. Randolph University of Cincinnati Cardiovascular Center, Room 3988, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0586, USA, Deputy Editor and Associate Editor for Therapeutic Applications of Ultrasound: Gail Ter Haar The Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, UK, Emeritus Editor: Peter N. T. Wells Cardiff University, Wales, UK, Founding Editor: Denis N. White , Associate Editor for Author/Subject Index: Eleanor Stride University College London, UK, Associate Editor for Clinical Applications of Ultrasound: Jonathan M. Rubin University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Associate Editor for Image Processing and Instrumentation: F. Stuart Foster University of Toronto, Canada, Associate Editor for Imaging Physics and Blood Flow Measurements: Pai Chi Li National Taiwan University, Taipai, Taiwan, Associate Editor for Ultrasound Contrast Agents: Nico de Jong Erasmus University Medical Center, The Netherlands, Associate Editor for Clinical Applications of Ultrasound: Mark L. Palmeri Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, Associate Editor for Online Subject Index: Eleanor Stride University of Oxford, UK, Associate Editor for Book Reviews: Robert J. Eckersley Imperial College London, UK, Advisory Editorial Board: J. G. Abbott Philips Healthcare, Bothell, WA, USA, A. A. Alexander University of Houston, TX, USA, A. S. Anayiotos University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL USA, M. R. Bailey University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, K. W. Beach University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, T. A. Bigelow Iowa State University, Ames, IA USA, P. Bonnin APHP Lariboisiere Hospital, Paris, France, A. Bouakaz Inserm U930, Tours, France, E. L. Carstensen University of Rochester, NY, USA, B. I. Choi Seoul National University Hospital, S. Korea, C. C. Church University of Mississippi, University, MS, USA, G. T. Clement Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, G. Cloutier University of Montréal Hospital, Canada, R. S. C. Cobbold University of Toronto, Canada, C. L. Cochlin University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK, D. O. Cosgrove Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK, S. Datta Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Mountain View, CA USA, C. L. de Korte UMC St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, M. Delius University of Munich, Germany, J. D'Hooge KU Leuven, Belgium, J. A. Evans University of Leeds General Infirmary, UK, K.D. Evans Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, F. Forsberg Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA , J. B. Fowlkes University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA, P. Frinking Bracco Switzerland SA, Geneva, Switzerland, F. Giovagnorio Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, D. E. Goertz Sunnybrook Health Services Centre, Toronto, Canada, A. Goldstein Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA, G. Haïat National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris, France, C. J. Hartley Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA, P. R. Hoskins The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK, K. H. Hynynen Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada, J. J. Kaufman Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA, S. Klek Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, T. Kodama Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, M. Kolios Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada, Y. Kono University of California, San Diego, CA, USA, E. E. Konofagou Columbia University, New York, NY, USA, O. D. Kripfgans University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, M. Krix Bracco Imaging Germany, Konstanz, Germany, M. Kudo Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan, T. G. Leighton University of Southampton, UK, H. D. Liang Bristol General Hospital, Bristol, UK, A. Lyshchik Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA, E. L. Madsen University of Wisconsin, Madison,USA , K. Maeda Totori University Medical School, Yonago, Japan, I. R. Makin A.T. Still University, Mesa, AZ, USA, W. P. Martins University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, T. D. Mast University of Cincinnati, OH, USA, D. D. McPherson University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA, F. Molinari Polytechnic University of Torino, Italy, M. Nanna Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA, L. N. Nazarian Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA, U. Nixdorff European Prevention Center, Duisburg, Germany, W. L. Nyborg University of Vermont, Burlington, USA, M.&