Construction of smart inorganic nanoparticle-based ultrasound contrast agents and their biomedical applications

Science Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 1170-1183

  Ma, Ming ^a   Chen, Hangrong ^a   Shi, Jianlin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Inorganic nanoparticle; Theranostic; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941068519     PISSN: 20959273     EISSN: 20959281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-015-0829-5     Document Type: Review

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