Optical studies of vaporization and stability of fluorescently labelled perfluorocarbon droplets

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 7205-7217

  Reznik, Nikita ^a   Seo, Minseok ^a,b   Williams, Ross ^b   Bolewska Pedyczak, Eleonora ^b   Lee, Mike ^b   Matsuura, Naomi ^a,b   Gariepy, Jean ^a,b   Foster, F Stuart ^a,b   Burns, Peter N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST AGENT; DROPLET VAPORIZATION; ECHOGENIC; FLUORESCENT MARKERS; GAS BUBBLE; GAS-LIQUID INTERFACE; IN-SITU; OPTICAL STUDY; PERFLUOROCARBONS; STABILIZING MATERIALS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); EMULSIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; LIQUIDS; PHASE INTERFACES; VAPORIZATION; VAPORS;

DROPS;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; FLUOROCARBON; LUBRICATING AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUOROCARBONS; LUBRICANTS; OPTICAL IMAGING; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84868007860     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/21/7205     Document Type: Article

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