State-of-the-art materials for ultrasound-triggered drug delivery
Ultrasound is a unique and exciting theranostic modality that can be used to track drug
carriers, trigger drug release and improve drug deposition with high spatial precision. In this …
carriers, trigger drug release and improve drug deposition with high spatial precision. In this …
Phase-change contrast agents for imaging and therapy
PS Sheeran, PA Dayton - Current pharmaceutical design, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Phase-change contrast agents (PCCAs) for ultrasound-based applications have resulted in
novel ways of approaching diagnostic and therapeutic techniques beyond what is possible …
novel ways of approaching diagnostic and therapeutic techniques beyond what is possible …
Design of ultrasonically-activatable nanoparticles using low boiling point perfluorocarbons
PS Sheeran, SH Luois, LB Mullin, TO Matsunaga… - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
Recently, an interest has developed in designing biomaterials for medical ultrasonics that
can provide the acoustic activity of microbubbles, but with improved stability in vivo and a …
can provide the acoustic activity of microbubbles, but with improved stability in vivo and a …
Acoustic droplet vaporization is initiated by superharmonic focusing
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 …
potential to be a highly efficient system for local drug delivery, embolotherapy, or for tumor …
Ultrasound-guided therapeutic focused ultrasound: current status and future directions
ES Ebbini, G Ter Haar - International journal of hyperthermia, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reviews ultrasound imaging methods for the guidance of therapeutic focused
ultrasound (USgFUS), with emphasis on real-time preclinical methods. Guidance is …
ultrasound (USgFUS), with emphasis on real-time preclinical methods. Guidance is …
Characterization of submicron phase-change perfluorocarbon droplets for extravascular ultrasound imaging of cancer
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 …
nm, it is possible that submicron perfluorocarbon droplets could constitute a novel …
Targeted drug delivery with focused ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier opening using acoustically-activated nanodroplets
Focused ultrasound (FUS) in the presence of systemically administered microbubbles has
been shown to locally, transiently and reversibly increase the permeability of the blood …
been shown to locally, transiently and reversibly increase the permeability of the blood …
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging and in vivo circulatory kinetics with low-boiling-point nanoscale phase-change perfluorocarbon agents
Many studies have explored phase-change contrast agents (PCCAs) that can be vaporized
by an ultrasonic pulse to form microbubbles for ultrasound imaging and therapy. However …
by an ultrasonic pulse to form microbubbles for ultrasound imaging and therapy. However …
Materials chemistry of nanoultrasonic biomedicine
H Tang, Y Zheng, Y Chen - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
As a special cross‐disciplinary research frontier, nanoultrasonic biomedicine refers to the
design and synthesis of nanomaterials to solve some critical issues of ultrasound (US) …
design and synthesis of nanomaterials to solve some critical issues of ultrasound (US) …
Comprehensive review on ultrasound-responsive theranostic nanomaterials: mechanisms, structures and medical applications
The field of theranostics has been rapidly growing in recent years and nanotechnology has
played a major role in this growth. Nanomaterials can be constructed to respond to a variety …
played a major role in this growth. Nanomaterials can be constructed to respond to a variety …