Response of contrast agents to ultrasound

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1117-1136

  Sboros, Vassilis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Drug gene delivery; Microbubbles; Molecular imaging; Resonance; Sonoporation; Targeted microbubbles; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

DRUG DELIVERY; GENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

MICROBUBBLES; MOLECULAR IMAGING; TARGETED MICROBUBBLES;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACUSPHERE; AFO 150; ALBUNEX; BISPHERE; BR 1; BR 14; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; MP 1950; PB 127; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUBUTANE; PERFLUTREN; PESDA; PLASMID DNA; QUANTISON; SHU 508; SHU 563A; SONAVIST; SONOVUE; ST 68;

CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL VIABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SPECIFICITY; ECHOGRAPHY; GAS EXCHANGE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID MONOLAYER; MICROBUBBLE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND INTENSITY;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 44149124040     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2008.03.011     Document Type: Review

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