Interactions between Individual Ultrasound-Stimulated Microbubbles and Fibrin Clots

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2134-2150

  Acconcia, Christopher ^a,b   Leung, Ben Y C ^b   Manjunath, Anoop ^b   Goertz, David E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Fibrin clot; Microbubbles; Sonothrombolysis; Thrombolysis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

CONTRAST AGENT; FIBRIN CLOTS; MICROBUBBLES; SONOTHROMBOLYSIS; THROMBOLYSIS;

ULTRASONICS;

NANOBEAD; PERFLUTREN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FIBRIN; FLUOROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBRIN CLOT; MICROBUBBLE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND STIMULATED MICROBUBBLE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; BLOOD CLOTTING; HUMAN; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BLOOD COAGULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FIBRIN; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MECHANICAL THROMBOLYSIS; MICROBUBBLES; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 84905577310     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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