Characterization of Submicron Phase-change Perfluorocarbon Droplets for Extravascular Ultrasound Imaging of Cancer

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 475-489

  Williams, Ross ^a   Wright, Cameron ^a   Cherin, Emmanuel ^a   Reznik, Nikita ^b   Lee, Mike ^a   Gorelikov, Ivan ^a   Foster, F Stuart ^a,b   Matsuura, Naomi ^a,b   Burns, Peter N ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer detection; Perfluorocarbon droplets; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DISEASES; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

CANCER DETECTION; DROPLET TEMPERATURE; ECHOGENIC; IN-VIVO EXPERIMENTS; MICROBUBBLES; MOUSE TUMORS; PERFLUOROCARBONS; PHASE CHANGES; POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS; PULSE DURATIONS; SUBMICRON; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT; ULTRASOUND FREQUENCY; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

DROPS;

FLUOROCARBON; PERFLUOROPENTANE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; DROPLET TEMPERATURE; DRUG STABILITY; EMULSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROBUBBLE; MOUSE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHANTOM; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE DURATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RIGIDITY; SARCOMA; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TUMOR MODEL; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND FREQUENCY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 84873527073     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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