Initial reports from the 1960s describing the observations of ultrasound contrast
enhancement by tiny gaseous bubbles during echocardiographic examinations prompted …

Drug delivery for tumor theranostics involves the extensive use of the enhanced permeability
and retention (EPR) effect. Previously, various types of nanomedicines have been …

Surfactants–molecules and particles that preferentially adsorb to fluid interfaces–play a
ubiquitous role in the fluids of industry, of nature and of life. Since most surfactants cannot be …

Ultrasound is extensively used in medical imaging, being safe and inexpensive and
operating in real time. Its scope of applications has been widely broadened by the use of …

In the last couple of decades, ultrasound-driven microbubbles have proven excellent
candidates for local drug delivery applications. Besides being useful drug carriers …

Brain tumors are particularly challenging malignancies, due to their location in a structurally
and functionally distinct part of the human body–the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS …

Ultrasound contrast agents are valuable in diagnostic ultrasound imaging, and they
increasingly show potential for drug delivery. This review focuses on the acoustic behavior …

Bubbles are present in a large variety of emerging applications, from advanced materials to
biology and medicine, as either laser-generated or acoustically driven bubbles. In these …

This article reviews the basic physics of ultrasound generation, acoustic field, and both
inertial and non-inertial acoustic cavitation in the context of localized gene and drug delivery …

Biomedical acoustics is rapidly evolving from a diagnostic modality into a therapeutic tool,
and acoustic cavitation is often the common denominator in a wide range of new therapeutic …