Effects of Acoustic Parameters and Ultrasound Contrast Agent Dose on Focused-Ultrasound Induced Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 930-937

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

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Drug delivery; MRI; Ultrasound; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; SONICATION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIERS; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS; ULTRASOUND PULSES;

DRUG DOSAGE;

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTICS; ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUOROCARBONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RABBITS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 43849110904     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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