Influence of Shell Composition on the Resonance Frequency of Microbubble Contrast Agents

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1292-1302

  Dicker, Stephen ^a   Mleczko, Michał ^b   Siepmann, Monica ^b   Wallace, Nicole ^a   Sunny, Youhan ^a   Bawiec, Christopher R ^a   Schmitz, Georg ^b   Lewin, Peter ^a   Wrenn, Steven P ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inertial cavitation; Microbubble; Mushroom; Polyethylene gycol brush; Resonance frequency

Indexed keywords

BRUSHES; CAVITATION; ELASTIC MODULI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOLAYERS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

DILATATIONAL VISCOSITY; INERTIAL CAVITATION; MICRO-BUBBLE; MUSHROOM; PHOSPHOLIPID MONOLAYERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG); RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; RESONANCE FREQUENCY OF MICROBUBBLE;

NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; MACROGOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; INERTIAL CAVITATION; LIPID MONOLAYER; MICROBUBBLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESONANCE FREQUENCY; ULTRASOUND; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84878628668     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.02.462     Document Type: Article

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