Use of Ultrasound Pulses Combined with Definity for Targeted Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption: A Feasibility Study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 584-590

  McDannold, Nathan ^a   Vykhodtseva, Natalia ^a   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal studies; Blood brain barrier; Drug delivery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultrasound; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BRAIN; DRUG DELIVERY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL STUDIES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIERS; CRANIOTOMY; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069; PERFLUTREN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRAVASATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUOROCARBONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RABBITS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 33947524046     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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