Contrast agent kinetics in the rabbit brain during exposure to therapeutic ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 916-924

  Goertz, David E ^a,b   Wright, Cameron ^a,b   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Drug delivery; Microbubbles; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST IMAGING; DEFINITY; EXPOSURE PARAMETERS; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICROBUBBLES; PULSE LENGTH; REGIONS OF INTEREST; REPERFUSION; REPETITION RATE; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND; THERAPY TRANSDUCERS; TIME-INTENSITY CURVES; ULTRASOUND EXPOSURE; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

BLOOD; DRUG DELIVERY; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

PERFLUTREN; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIATION BEAM; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; KINETICS; MODELS, ANIMAL; RABBITS; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 77953555528     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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