Determination of the Interfacial Rheological Properties of a Poly(DL-lactic acid)-Encapsulated Contrast Agent Using In Vitro Attenuation and Scattering

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1277-1291

  Paul, Shirshendu ^a   Russakow, Daniel ^a   Rodgers, Tyler ^a   Sarkar, Kausik ^a,b   Cochran, Michael ^c   Wheatley, Margaret A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b George Washington University   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Encapsulation; Microbubbles; Poly(DL lactic acid); Polymer shell; Resonance; Sub harmonic; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTICITY; ENCAPSULATION; FORECASTING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LACTIC ACID; MONOLAYERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POLYMERS; RESONANCE; RHEOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACES; ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST AGENT; MICROBUBBLES; POLY(DL-LACTIC ACID); POLYMER SHELL; SUBHARMONICS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCAPSULATION; FLOW KINETICS; INTERFACE PRESSURE; MICROBUBBLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84878642276     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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