Lipid-coated microbubbles represent a new class of agents with both diagnostic and
therapeutic applications. Microbubbles have low density. Stabilization of microbubbles by …

Ultrasonography has, until recently, lacked effective contrast‐enhancing agents. Micrometer‐
sized gas bubbles that resonate at a diagnostic frequency are ideal reflectors for ultrasound …

Initially, a set of guidelines for the use of ultrasound contrast agents was published in 2004
dealing only with liver applications. A second edition of the guidelines in 2008 reflected …

The development of ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs), which perform as blood pool
tracers, have overcome the limitations of conventional B-Mode and colour or power Doppler …

Continuing Medical Education Course for “American Society of Echocardiography
Consensus Statement on the Clinical Applications of Ultrasonic Contrast Agents in …

The concept of contrast imaging was introduced to ultrasound almost 30 years ago. The
development of ultrasound contrast agents (USCAs), initially slowed by technical limitations …

An inherent advantage of CEUS is the possibility to assess the contrast enhancement
patterns in real time, without the necessity to predefine scan-timepoints or to perform bolus …

Fluorinated components useful for organizing space at the molecular, nanometer and
micrometer scales include perfluorocarbons, perfluoroalkylated surfactants and …

Noninvasive assessment of myocardial perfusion is im-portant in the diagnosis and risk
stratification of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Although …

A series of in vitro experiments were performed to determine the efficacy of generalised
phase-and amplitude-modulated sequences for low-power nonlinear microbubble contrast …