This review focuses on phase‐shift perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions whose action depends
on an ultrasound‐triggered phase shift from a liquid to gas state. For drug‐loaded …

The last two decades have seen the development of acoustically activated droplets, also
known as phase-change emulsions, from a diagnostic tool to a therapeutic agent. Through …

Doxorubicin (DOX) is one of the most commonly used chemotherapeutic drugs and is a
popular research tool due to the inherent fluorescence of the DOX molecule. After DOX …

Recent efforts in the area of acoustic droplet vaporization with the objective of designing
extravascular ultrasound contrast agents has led to the development of stabilized, lipid …

Phase-change contrast agents (PCCAs) for ultrasound-based applications have resulted in
novel ways of approaching diagnostic and therapeutic techniques beyond what is possible …

Currently available microbubbles used for ultrasound imaging and therapeutics are limited
to intravascular space due to their size distribution in the micron range. Phase-change …

Acoustically sensitive emulsion droplets composed of a liquid perfluorocarbon have the
potential to be a highly efficient system for local drug delivery, embolotherapy, or for tumor …

The vaporization of a superheated droplet emulsion into gas bubbles using ultrasound-
termed acoustic droplet vaporization (ADV)-has potential therapeutic applications in …

Because many tumors possess blood vessels permeable to particles with diameters of 200
nm, it is possible that submicron perfluorocarbon droplets could constitute a novel …

Ultrasound-mediated delivery systems have mainly focused on microbubble contrast agents
as carriers of drugs or genetic material. This study uses micron-sized, perfluoropentane …