Optical observation of lipid- and polymer-shelled ultrasound microbubble contrast agents

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 631-633

  Bloch, Susannah H ^a   Wan, Mingxi ^a   Dayton, Paul A ^a   Ferrara, Katherine W ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIELDS; ULTRASOUND MICROBUBBLE CONTRAST AGENTS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); APPROXIMATION THEORY; HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIPIDS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; POLYMERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOLUBILITY; STREAK CAMERAS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

EID: 1242329827     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1643544     Document Type: Article

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