An experimental study on the stiffness of size-isolated microbubbles using atomic force microscopy

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 524-534

  Chen, Cherry C ^a   Wu, Shih Ying ^a   Finan, John ^a   Morrison, Barclay ^a   Konofagou, Elisa ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC BEHAVIOR; BLOOD VESSEL WALLS; CANTILEVER SPRING CONSTANTS; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; THEORETICAL MODELS; THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOOD VESSELS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; GENE TRANSFER;

STIFFNESS;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ELASTIC MODULUS; MICROBUBBLES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84874901317     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2013.2594     Document Type: Article

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