The Influence of Gas Saturation on Microbubble Stability

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1097-1100

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

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Gas saturation; Microbubbles; Stability; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST AGENT; ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GAS BUBBLE; GAS CONTENT; GAS SATURATIONS; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICROBUBBLE CONTRAST AGENTS; MICROBUBBLES; OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS; PREPARATION TECHNIQUE; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING; SINGLE BUBBLES; TECHNICAL NOTES;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; ULTRASONICS; WATER TANKS;

GASES;

SONOVUE;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; GAS SATURATION; MICROBUBBLE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTICS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG STABILITY; GASES; MICROBUBBLES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SUSPENSIONS;

EID: 84860489530     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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