Microbubble ultrasound contrast agents: a review

E Stride, N Saffari - … of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
The superior scattering properties of gas bubbles compared with blood cells have made
microbubble ultrasound contrast agents important tools in ultrasound diagnosis. Over the …

[HTML][HTML] Contrast-enhanced and targeted ultrasound

M Postema, OH Gilja - World journal of gastroenterology: WJG, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ultrasonic imaging is becoming the most popular medical imaging modality, owing to the
low price per examination and its safety. However, blood is a poor scatterer of ultrasound …

Microbubbles as ultrasound triggered drug carriers

S Tinkov, R Bekeredjian, G Winter, C Coester - Journal of pharmaceutical …, 2009 - Elsevier
Originally developed as contrast agents for ultrasound imaging and diagnostics, in the past
years, microbubbles have made their way back from the patients' bedside to the researcher's …

Contrast-enhanced US with sulfur hexafluoride and perfluorobutane for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in individuals with high risk

HJ Kang, JM Lee, JH Yoon, K Lee, H Kim, JK Han - Radiology, 2020 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Perfluorobutane (PFB) and sulfur hexafluoride (SHF) have different physiologic
characteristics, but it is unclear whether hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) show similar …

Where does the ground water in small watersheds come from?

TC Winter, DO Rosenberry, JW LaBaugh - Groundwater, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Surface water and ground water watersheds commonly do not coincide. This condition is
particularly relevant to understanding biogeochemical processes in small watersheds …

Porous PLGA microparticles: AI-700, an intravenously administered ultrasound contrast agent for use in echocardiography

JA Straub, DE Chickering, CC Church, B Shah… - Journal of controlled …, 2005 - Elsevier
The production and characterization of AI-700, an intravenously administered ultrasound
contrast agent under investigation for myocardial perfusion echocardiography, are …

Ultrasound-directed drug delivery

M Postema, OH Gilja - Current pharmaceutical biotechnology, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
It has been proven, that the cellular uptake of drugs and genes is increased, when the
region of interest is under ultrasound insonification, and even more when a contrast agent is …

Influence of the bubble-bubble interaction on destruction of encapsulated microbubbles under ultrasound

K Yasui, J Lee, T Tuziuti, A Towata… - The Journal of the …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
Influence of the bubble-bubble interaction on the pulsation of encapsulated microbubbles
has been studied by numerical simulations under the condition of the experiment reported …

Can ultrasound enable efficient intracellular uptake of molecules? A retrospective literature review and analysis

Y Liu, J Yan, MR Prausnitz - Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2012 - Elsevier
Most applications of therapeutic ultrasound (US) for intracellular delivery of drugs, proteins,
DNA/RNA and other compounds would benefit from efficient uptake of these molecules into …

On the destruction of microbubble ultrasound contrast agents

E Stride, N Saffari - Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2003 - Elsevier
In recent years, the use of microbubble ultrasound (US) contrast agents as carriers in drug
and gene delivery applications has intensified the need for a clear understanding of the …