[HTML][HTML] For whom the bubble grows: physical principles of bubble nucleation and dynamics in histotripsy ultrasound therapy

KB Bader, E Vlaisavljevich, AD Maxwell - Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Histotripsy is a focused ultrasound therapy for non-invasive tissue ablation. Unlike thermally
ablative forms of therapeutic ultrasound, histotripsy relies on the mechanical action of …

Response of contrast agents to ultrasound

V Sboros - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
Microbubbles are used as ultrasonic contrast agents that enhance the ultrasound signals of
the vascular bed. The recent development of site-targeted microbubbles opened up the …

Attenuation and size distribution measurements of Definity™ and manipulated Definity™ populations

DE Goertz, N de Jong, AFW van der Steen - Ultrasound in medicine & …, 2007 - Elsevier
The contrast agent Definity™ has recently been shown to have substantial nonlinear activity
at high ultrasound frequencies (> 10 MHz). In this study, measurements were performed to …

Ultrasound-responsive lipid microbubbles for drug delivery: A review of preparation techniques to optimise formulation size, stability and drug loading

S Al-Jawadi, SS Thakur - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Lipid-shelled microbubbles have received extensive interest to enhance ultrasound-
responsive drug delivery outcomes due to their high biocompatibility. While therapeutic …

Enhanced microbubble contrast agent oscillation following 250 kHz insonation

T Ilovitsh, A Ilovitsh, J Foiret, CF Caskey, J Kusunose… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Microbubble contrast agents are widely used in ultrasound imaging and therapy, typically
with transmission center frequencies in the MHz range. Currently, an ultrasound center …

Characterization of contrast agent microbubbles for ultrasound imaging and therapy research

H Mulvana, RJ Browning, Y Luan… - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The high efficiency with which gas microbubbles can scatter ultrasound compared with the
surrounding blood pool or tissues has led to their widespread employment as contrast …

Encapsulated microbubbles and echogenic liposomes for contrast ultrasound imaging and targeted drug delivery

S Paul, R Nahire, S Mallik, K Sarkar - Computational mechanics, 2014 - Springer
Micron-to nanometer-sized ultrasound agents, like encapsulated microbubbles and
echogenic liposomes, are being developed for diagnostic imaging and ultrasound mediated …

Acoustic characterization of contrast-to-tissue ratio and axial resolution for dual-frequency contrast-specific acoustic angiography imaging

BD Lindsey, JD Rojas, KH Martin… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, dual-frequency transducers have enabled high-spatial-resolution and high-
contrast imaging of vasculature with minimal tissue artifacts by transmitting at a low …

Temperature dependent behavior of ultrasound contrast agents

H Mulvana, E Stride, JV Hajnal, RJ Eckersley - Ultrasound in medicine & …, 2010 - Elsevier
Recent interest in ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) as tools for quantitative imaging and
therapy has increased the need for accurate characterization. Laboratory investigations are …

Super-resolution contrast-enhanced ultrasound methodology for the identification of in vivo vascular dynamics in 2D

E Kanoulas, M Butler, C Rowley… - Investigative …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objectives The aim of this study was to provide an ultrasound-based super-resolution
methodology that can be implemented using clinical 2-dimensional ultrasound equipment …