The preparation and application of microbubble contrast agent combining ultrasound imaging and magnetic resonance imaging

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2934-2939

  Yang, Fang ^a   Li, Yi Xin ^a   Chen, Zhong Ping ^a   Gu, Ning ^a  

^a Southeast University   (China)

Author keywords

Double modality; Fe3O4 nanoparticles; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Microbubble; Ultrasound (US) imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952812218     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0168-5     Document Type: Article

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