Microbubbles in medical imaging: Current applications and future directions

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 527-532

  Lindner, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AI 700; ALBUNEX; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CARDIOSPHERE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CYANOACRYLATE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FS 069; GALACTOSE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MOLECULAR MARKER; MUCOSAL ADDRESSIN CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; NC 100100; PADGEM PROTEIN; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUTREN; POLYGLACTIN; SHU 508; SONOVIST; SONOVUE; SURFACTANT;

ACOUSTICS; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAPILLARY FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG STABILITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENCAPSULATION; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER TUMOR; MICROCIRCULATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; TISSUE PERFUSION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 3042544619     PISSN: 14741776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrd1417     Document Type: Article

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