Nanointerrogation of ultrasonic contrast agent microbubbles using atomic force microscopy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 579-585

  Sboros, V ^a   Glynos, E ^b   Pye, S D ^c   Moran, C M ^a   Butler, M ^a   Ross, J ^a   Short, R ^d   McDicken, W N ^a   Koutsos, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Materials Science and Engineering   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Point Biomedical Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; biSphere ; Microbubble; Nanointerrogation; Stiffness; Topography

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STIFFNESS;

BISPHERE®; FORCE RESOLUTION; MICROBUBBLE; NANOINTERROGATION;

ULTRASONICS;

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FORCE; IMAGING; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICS; MICROBUBBLE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

BIOMECHANICS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROBUBBLES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33645976497     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.12.016     Document Type: Article

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