Dissolution of multicomponent microbubbles in the bloodstream: 2. Experiment

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 751-760

  Kabalnov, Alexey ^a   Bradley, JoAnn ^a   Flaim, Steven ^a   Klein, David ^a   Pelura, Timothy ^a   Peters, Barry ^a   Otto, Stefan ^a   Reynolds, Jim ^a   Schutt, Ernest ^a   Weers, Jeffry ^a  

^a Alliance Pharmaceutical Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolution kinetics; Echocardiography; Microballoons; Microbubbles; Microshells; Molecular diffusion; Ostwald coefficient; Perfluorocarbons; Perfluoropolyethers; Ultrasound contrast media; Ultrasound scattering

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONTRAST MEDIA; DISSOLUTION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FLUOROCARBONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHERS; SOLUBILITY; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; VAPOR PRESSURE;

MICROBUBBLES; OSTWALD COEFFICIENT; PERFLUOROPOLYETHERS;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLUOROCARBON; MICROSPHERE; OSMOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISSOLUTION; ECHOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURFACE TENSION; SWINE;

EID: 17544391940     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00033-7     Document Type: Article

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