Opening of the Blood-Brain Barrier by Low-Frequency (28-kHz) Ultrasound: A Novel Pinhole-Assisted Mechanical Scanning Device

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 325-335

  Liu, Hao Li ^a   Pan, Chia Hsin ^a   Ting, Cheng Yu ^a   Hsiao, Ming Jie ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier disruption; Low frequency ultrasound; Pinhole assisted mechanical scanning

Indexed keywords

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN LESIONS; CEREBRAL TUMORS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; IMAGE GUIDANCES; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; MECHANICAL SCANNING; MECHANICAL SCANNING DEVICES; MICROBUBBLES; WIDE AREA;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BLOOD; PROFILOMETRY; SCANNING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

ULTRASONICS;

SONOVUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATOR; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MICROBUBBLE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION BEAM; RAT; SAFETY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICROBUBBLES; RATS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 74849090327     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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