Influence of environmental conditions on a new surfactant-based contrast agent: ST68

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 621-628

  Basude, Raghuveer ^a   Duckworth, Jeffrey W ^b   Wheatley, Margaret A ^a,b  

^a Dept Biomed Eng Sci Hlth S   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic ultrasound; Microbubble; ST68; Stabilized microbubbles; Surfactant stabilized; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

AIR; BUBBLE FORMATION; DIFFUSION; GASES; IONIC STRENGTH; MIXTURES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

INSONATING MIXTURES; PHOSPHATE SALINE; STABILIZED MICROBUBBLES; SURFACTANT CONTRAST AGENT; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

ALBUNEX; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ECHOVIST; PERFLUOROPENTANE; SHU 508; ST68; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; IONIC STRENGTH; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; ULTRASOUND;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HEXOSES; HUMANS; POLYSORBATES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034117219     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00151-9     Document Type: Article

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