Contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging for the detection of focused ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier opening

Theranostics

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1014-1025

  Fan, Ching Hsiang ^a   Lin, Wun Hao ^a   Ting, Chien Yu ^a   Chai, Wen Yen ^b   Yen, Tzu Chen ^b   Liu, Hao Li ^b   Yeh, Chih Kuang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Destruction replenishment; Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI; Focused ultrasound; Microbubbles

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBUBBLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SONICATION;

EID: 84906848864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18387640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/thno.9575     Document Type: Article

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