Remnants of albunex® nucleate acoustic cavitation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1405-1412

  Dalecki, Diane ^a,b   Raeman, Carol H ^a   Child, Sally Z ^a,b   Penney, David P ^a,c   Carstensen, Edwin L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic cavitation; Albunex ; Bioeffects; Contrast agent; Hemorrhage; Lithotripter; Mice

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; ALBUMINOID; CONTRAST MEDIUM; MICROSPHERE;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BLEEDING; DEVICE; INTESTINE INJURY; KIDNEY INJURY; LITHOTRIPSY; LUNG INJURY; MESENTERY; MUSCLE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH INJURY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATURIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY;

CAVITATION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC CAVITATION; BIOEFFECTS; LITHOTRIPTERS;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATURIA; HEMORRHAGE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LITHOTRIPSY; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MICE; MICROSPHERES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030608694     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00142-7     Document Type: Article

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6. Zinkin N, Raeman CH, Dalecki D, Child SZ, Lerner RM, Carstensen EL. Activation of Albunex® for the production of short boluses of ultrasound contrast. (in preparation).