Intracellular Growth of Nanoscale Perfluorocarbon Droplets for Enhanced Ultrasound-Induced Phase-Change Conversion

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1799-1810

  Martin, Amanda L ^a   Seo, Minseok ^a,b   Williams, Ross ^a   Belayneh, Grace ^a   Foster, F Stuart ^a,b   Matsuura, Naomi ^a,b  

^a Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic droplet vaporization; Coalescence; Perfluorocarbon droplets; Phase change

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DROPLET VAPORIZATION; APPLIED PRESSURE; CONTRAST AGENT; IN-SITU; MICROBUBBLES; NANO SCALE; NANO-DROPLETS; PERFLUOROCARBONS; PHASE CHANGES; ULTRASOUND ENERGY; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND PRESSURE;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COALESCENCE; DROPS; LOADING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUOROCARBON; FLUOROCARBON NANODROPLET; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBUBBLE; MOUSE; NANOANALYSIS; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUOROCARBONS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84865729985     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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