Theoretical and Experimental Gas Volume Quantification of Micro- and Nanobubble Ultrasound Contrast Agents

• Main Authors: Eric C. Abenojar (Author), Ilya Bederman (Author), Al C. de Leon (Author), Jinle Zhu (Author), Judith Hadley (Author), Michael C. Kolios (Author), Agata A. Exner (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The amount of gas in ultrasound contrast agents is related to their acoustic activity. Because of this relationship, gas volume has been used as a key variable in normalizing the in vitro and in vivo acoustic behavior of lipid shell-stabilized bubbles with different sizes and shell components. Despi...