Liquid flooded flow-focusing microfluidic device for in situ generation of monodisperse microbubbles

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 457-467

  Dhanaliwala, Ali H ^a   Chen, Johnny L ^a   Wang, Shiying ^a   Hossack, John A ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Flooded input; Flow focusing; In situ production; Microfluidics; Monodisperse microbubbles

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; FLOODS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FOCUSING; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INTERCONNECTS; LIQUIDS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; FLOODED INPUT; FLOW FOCUSING; IN-SITU PRODUCTION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MICROBUBBLES; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST IMAGING;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84878589144     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-1064-x     Document Type: Article

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