Cavitation thresholds of contrast agents in an in vitro human clot model exposed to 120-kHz ultrasound

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 646-653

  Gruber, Matthew J ^a   Bader, Kenneth B ^b   Holland, Christy K ^a,b  

^a 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PRESSURES; CAVITATION THRESHOLDS; CONTRAST AGENT; ECHOGENIC LIPOSOMES; FREQUENCY BAND WIDTH; PASSIVE RECEIVERS; THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT;

BANDWIDTH; LIPOSOMES; ULTRASONICS;

CAVITATION;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUOROCARBON; LIPID; LIPOSOME; PERFLUTREN;

CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; SOUND; THROMBOSIS; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VIBRATION;

CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIPOSOMES; MECHANICAL THROMBOLYSIS; PRESSURE; SOUND; THROMBOSIS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; VIBRATION;

EID: 84900643728     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4843175     Document Type: Article

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