Nonlinear resonance behavior and linear shell estimates for Definity™ and MicroMarker™ assessed with acoustic microbubble spectroscopy

BL Helfield, DE Goertz - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
There is a growing interest in microbubble based ultrasound contrast imaging applications
in the 5–15 MHz range. In this study, individual microbubbles were insonified at low …

Bifurcation structure of the ultrasonically excited microbubbles undergoing buckling and rupture

A Jafari Sojahrood, R Karshafian… - Proceedings of Meetings …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Nonlinear oscillations of ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs)(eg subharmonic (SH)
oscillations) can be exploited in ultrasound imaging to increase the contrast to tissue ratio …

High-frequency subharmonic imaging of liposome-loaded microbubbles

J McLaughlan, N Ingram, R Abou-Saleh… - 2013 IEEE …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The therapeutic application of microbubbles is a highly active area of research, since they
can be used for drug or gene delivery. The mouse model is a necessary step in the …

The effect of boundary proximity on the fundamental and subharmonic emissions from individual microbubbles at higher frequencies

B Helfield, BY Leung, DE Goertz - Proceedings of Meetings on …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The proximity of microbubbles to a boundary may affect their emissions, both in the context
of targeted microbubble imaging or when microbubbles are present at different distances …