Hydrophobic drug loaded contrast agents: Effects on enhancement

Proceedings of the IEEE Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 140-141

  Burstein, Odelia Mualem ^a   Forsberg, F ^b   Liu, J B ^b   Merton, D ^b   Wheatley, M A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; EMULSIONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST AGENTS (CA); DIAGNOSTIC SCANS; HYDROPHOBIC DRUGS; MICROCAPSULES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 28444461739     PISSN: 1071121X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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