Acoustic droplet vaporization in biology and medicine

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lin, Chung Yin ^a,b   Pitt, William G ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DOXORUBICIN; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUOROCARBON; NANOBUBBLE; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUBUTANE; PERFLUOROPENTANE; PERFLUTREN; QUANTUM DOT; QW 7437; SONOGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACOUSTIC DROPLET VAPORIZATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG RELEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GAS EMBOLISM; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MICROBUBBLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NANOEMULSION; NANOMEDICINE; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; REVIEW; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORIZATION; ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; VOLATILIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84888133247     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/404361     Document Type: Review

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