Coencapsulation of lipid microbubbles within polymer microcapsules for contrast applications

Bubble Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-19

  Dicker, S ^a   Mleczko, M ^b   Hensel, K ^b   Bartolomeo, A ^a   Schmitz, G ^b   Wrenn, S P ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coencapsulation; Inertial cavitation; Microbubble; Microcapsule

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RESPONSE; CO-ENCAPSULATION; CONTRAST AGENT; DRUG DELIVERY VEHICLES; IMAGE INTENSITIES; INERTIAL CAVITATION; INERTIAL CAVITATION THRESHOLD; MICROBUBBLE; MICROBUBBLES; MICROCAPSULES; POLYMER MICROCAPSULES; POLYMER SHELL; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT;

CAVITATION; DRUG DELIVERY; ENCAPSULATION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; TISSUE;

POLYMERS;

EID: 79957638478     PISSN: 17588960     EISSN: 17588979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1758897911Y.0000000002     Document Type: Article

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