Direct video-microscopic observation of the dynamic effects of medical ultrasound on ultrasound contrast microspheres

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 863-870

  Klibanov, Alexander L ^a   Ferrara, Katherine W ^b   Hughes, Michael S ^a   Wible, James H ^a   Wojdyla, Jolette K ^a   Dayton, Paul A ^b   Morgan, Karen E ^b   Brandenburger, Gary H ^c  

^a MALLINCKRODT PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Destruction; Intermittent imaging; Microbubbles; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; MICROSPHERE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032471055     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199812000-00004     Document Type: Article

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