Temperature dependent behavior of ultrasound contrast agents

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 925-934

  Mulvana, Helen ^a   Stride, Eleanor ^b   Hajnal, Jo V ^a   Eckersley, Robert J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Contrast agents; Microbubbles; Scattering; Temperature; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION CONTRAST; BUBBLE STABILITY; CONTRAST AGENTS; IN-VIVO; INSONATION; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; MICROBUBBLES; OPTICAL DATA; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT; WATER BATHS;

ULTRASONICS;

SONOVUE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BATH; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUSPENSION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOSTABILITY; ACOUSTICS; DRUG STABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTICS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG STABILITY; MICROBUBBLES; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 77953547359     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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