On the destruction of microbubble ultrasound contrast agents

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 563-573

  Stride, Eleanor ^a   Saffari, Nader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Drug delivery; Microbubble; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG PRODUCTS; GENES; MEDICINE;

GENE DELIVERY;

ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; MP 1950; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0038401274     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00787-1     Document Type: Article

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