Formulation of monodisperse contrast agents in microfluidic systems for ultrasonic imaging

Proceedings of 2006 International Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 230-232

  Hettiarachchi, Kanaka ^a   Dayton, Paul ^a,b   Lee, Abraham P ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Microbubbles; Microfluidics; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FLOW RATE; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTIMIZATION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST AGENTS; GAS FLOW RATES; MICROBUBBLES; MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 35548988974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MMB.2006.251536     Document Type: Conference Paper

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