Interrogation of the targeting mechanisms of ultrasound contrast agent microbubbles using Atomic Force Microscopy

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 965-968

  Sboros, V ^a   Glynos, E ^a   Pye, S D ^b   Moran, C M ^a   Butler, M ^a   Ross, J A ^a   McDicken, W N ^a   Koutsos, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ADHESION; AGENTS; AMINO ACIDS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NONMETALS; PHOTORESISTS; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

ADHESION FORCES; ADHESION SITES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE; BIOTIN-AVIDIN CHEMISTRY; CELL PAIRS; CHARACTERISATION; DRUG/GENE DELIVERY; FORCE RESOLUTION; FORCE-DISTANCE CURVES; HISTOGRAM ANALYSIS; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; MANUFACTURING PROCESSES; MICRO-BUBBLES; MICROBUBBLE AGENTS; NANO SENSORS; POLY-L-LYSINE; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SINGLE SITES; SUB NANOMETER; TARGETED MICROBUBBLES; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 48149090887     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.246     Document Type: Conference Paper

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