Generation of microbubbles for diagnostic and therapeutic applications using a novel device

Journal of Drug Targeting

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 494-501

  Pancholi, Ketan ^a   Stride, Eleanor ^a   Edirisinghe, Mohan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Electrohydrodynamic phospholipid suspension; Microbubbles; T junction; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; COATED PARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATERIAL COATING; MATERIAL STATE; MICROBUBBLE; MICROSCOPY; NANOENGINEERING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENSION; T JUNCTION; TEMPERATURE;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; MICROBUBBLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SONICATION; SUSPENSIONS; WATER;

EID: 47649097562     PISSN: 1061186X     EISSN: 10292330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10611860802184884     Document Type: Article

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