Acoustic fragmentation of therapeutic contrast agents designed for localized drug delivery

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 1385-1388

  May, Donovan ^a   Allen, John ^a   Gut, Jana ^a   Ferrara, Kathy ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; OSCILLATIONS; RESONANCE; SURFACE WAVES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTICALLY ACTIVE LIPOSPHERES; CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS; HYDROPHOBIC DRUGS; MICROBUBBLES; OIL SHELL; TRIACETIN;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0035728804     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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