Scaled-up production of monodisperse, dual layer microbubbles using multi-array microfluidic module for medical imaging and drug delivery

Bubble Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-20

  Kendall, M R ^a   Bardin, D ^a   Shih, R ^a   Dayton, P A ^b   Lee, A P ^a  

^a Irvine   (United States)

^b North Carolina 27599 and North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow focusing; Microbubbles; Microfluidics; Scaled up; Ultrasound theranostics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RESPONSE; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL TRANSLATION; DRUG LOADING; DUAL LAYER; FLOW FOCUSING; HIGH OUTPUT; HYDRODYNAMIC FLOWS; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICROBUBBLES; MONODISPERSE; MULTI PHASE SYSTEMS; POLYDISPERSITY INDICES; PRODUCTION RATES; SCALE-UP; SCALED-UP; TARGETED DELIVERY; THERANOSTICS; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST; UNIFORM-SIZED;

DRUG DELIVERY; LOADING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MULTILAYERS; ULTRASONICS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84865148047     PISSN: 17588960     EISSN: 17588979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1758897912Y.0000000004     Document Type: Article

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