Apart from its clinical use in imaging, ultrasound has been thoroughly investigated as a tool
to enhance drug delivery in a wide variety of applications. Therapeutic ultrasound, as such …

In the past two decades, research has underlined the potential of ultrasound and
microbubbles to enhance drug delivery. However, there is less consensus on the …

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

Perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions can deliver lipophilic therapeutic agents to solid tumors and
simultaneously provide for monitoring nanocarrier biodistribution via ultrasonography and/or …

Although promising results are achieved in ultrasound mediated drug delivery, its underlying
biophysical mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Pore formation as well as endocytosis has …

The ultimate purpose of current cancer research is to develop a comprehensive treatment for
cancer. Recent studies have shown an increased interest in investigating the capacity of …

Microbubbles lower the threshold for cavitation of ultrasound and have multiple potential
therapeutic applications in the cardiovascular system. One of the first therapeutic …

In recent decades ultrasound-guided delivery of drugs loaded on nanocarriers has been the
focus of increasing attention to improve therapeutic treatments. Ultrasound has often been …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this review is to describe trends in microbubble application in
molecular imaging. CONCLUSION. Microbubbles are used for contrast ultrasound imaging …

The non-specific distribution, non-selectivity towards cancerous cells, and adverse off-target
side effects of anticancer drugs and other therapeutic molecules lead to their inferior clinical …