Development of a novel magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent for pressure measurements using lipid-coated microbubbles

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 707-715

  Kaur, Randip ^a   Morris, Robert ^b   Bencsik, Martin ^b   Vangala, Anil ^c   Rades, Thomas ^d   Perrie, Yvonne ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Gas filled lipid coated microbubbles; MRI; Nitrogen; Pressure

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; CONTRAST AGENT; FLUID PRESSURES; GAS FILLED LIPID COATED MICROBUBBLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING CONTRAST AGENTS; MICROBUBBLES; MR SIGNALS; MRI CONTRAST AGENTS; NITROGEN GAS; NITROGEN PRESSURE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOCHOLINE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL CHANGES; SIGNAL DRIFT;

CHEMICAL STABILITY; GASES; GLYCEROL; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RESONANCE; SYSTEM STABILITY;

MONITORING;

1,2 DISTEAROYL SN GLYCERO 3 PHOSPHOCHOLINE; CHOLESTEROL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; LIPID; MACROGOL; NITROGEN; PERFLUOROALKYLATED GLYCEROL PHOSPHATIDYICHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROBUBBLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASOUND;

COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANOMETRY; MICROBUBBLES; PRESSURE;

EID: 76749138513     PISSN: 15507033     EISSN: 15507041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2009.1087     Document Type: Article

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