Cavitation Threshold of Microbubbles in Gel Tunnels by Focused Ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1651-1660

  Sassaroli, Elisabetta ^a   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broadband noise; Cavitation; Focused transducers; Gel phantom; Passive cavitation detection; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DRUG DELIVERY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

BROADBAND NOISE; FOCUSED TRANSDUCERS; GEL PHANTOM; PASSIVE CAVITATION DETECTION; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS;

CAVITATION;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069; WATER;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EVALUATION; GEL; GENE TARGETING; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROBUBBLE; NOISE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; ULTRASOUND;

ALBUMINS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUOROCARBONS; GELS; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 34548854775     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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