Microbubble oscillations in gel phantom and ex vivo preparation validate proposed mechanisms for contrast-based drug delivery

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 769-772

  Caskey, Charles F ^a   Stieger, Susanne M ^a   Qin, Shengping ^a   Dayton, Paul A ^a   Ferrara, Katherine W ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Localized delivery; Microbubbles; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE GELS; BEAM AXIS; CENTER FREQUENCIES; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; COPPER VAPOR LASERS; CYLINDRICAL CHANNELS; DUTY CYCLES; EX-VIVO; GEL PHANTOM; HIGH SPEEDS; IN VITRO STUDIES; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INSONATION; LOCALIZED DELIVERY; LONG DISTANCES; LONG PULSES; MECHANICAL INDEX; MICROBUBBLE OSCILLATION; MICROBUBBLES; OPERATING REGIMES; SMALL VESSELS; TISSUE PHANTOMS; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS; VESSEL PHANTOM; VESSEL WALLS;

BLOOD VESSELS; CHEMOTHERAPY; COLLOIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DOSAGE; GELATION; GELS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MECHANISMS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; TUNNELS; ULTRASONICS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 48149098912     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.197     Document Type: Conference Paper

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