Investigation of effectiveness of microbubble stable cavitation in thrombolysis

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 330-333

  Shi, William T ^a   Gao, Shunji ^b   Francois, Vignon ^a   Powers, Jeff E ^c   Drvol, Lucas ^b   Jung, Ki Won ^b   Xie, Feng ^b   Lof, John ^b   Everbach, E Carr ^d   Porter, Thomas R ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

microbubbles; sonothrombolysis; ultrasound therapy

Indexed keywords

BIO-EFFECTS; INERTIAL CAVITATION; INTRAVASCULAR; ISCHEMIC STROKES; MECHANICAL INDICES; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICROBUBBLES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SONOTHROMBOLYSIS; STABLE CAVITATION; THROMBOLYSIS; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; CAVITATION; DISSOLUTION;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 80054757232     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2010.5935628     Document Type: Conference Paper

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