Preparation and characterization of a nanoscale ultrasound contrast agent

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 288-292

  Wang, Dong ^a   Yang, Ke ^a   Gao, Yun Hua ^a   Tan, Kai Bin ^a   Liu, Zheng ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Nanoscale; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIAMETER; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST IMAGING; CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ECHO INTENSITY; IN-VIVO; LIGHT MICROSCOPES; LOW SPEED; MICRO-SCALES; MICROBUBBLES; NANO SCALE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

CENTRIFUGATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIBRATION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; LIVER; RABBITS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77954100901     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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