Double-scattering/reflection in a Single Nanoparticle for Intensified Ultrasound Imaging

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhang, Kun ^a   Chen, Hangrong ^a   Guo, Xiasheng ^b   Zhang, Dong ^b   Zheng, Yuanyi ^c   Zheng, Hairong ^d   Shi, Jianlin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; RABBIT; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICE; NANOPARTICLES; NEOPLASMS; RABBITS; SILICON DIOXIDE; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84924353774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08766     Document Type: Article

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