Microbubble Destruction During Intravenous Administration: A Preliminary Study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 515-522

  Barrack, Thomas ^a   Stride, Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Administration; Destruction; Microbubbles; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION; DESTRUCTION; DISTILLED WATERS; INNER DIAMETERS; MICROBUBBLE AGENTS; MICROBUBBLES; PARTICLE SIZINGS; PROCESS VARIABLES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENTS; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS; VOLUME FLOW RATES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; FLOW RATE; GLYCEROL; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NEEDLES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SYRINGES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

POLYSULFONES;

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; GLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBUBBLE; NEEDLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SYRINGE; ULTRASOUND;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MICROBUBBLES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEEDLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SYRINGES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WATER;

EID: 60249091779     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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