Nano-Sized Ultrasound Contrast Agent: Salting-Out Method

Tumor imaging by ultrasound is greatly enhanced by the use of ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs), stabilized, gas-filled bodies. They are generally less than 7 μm to pass freely through the capillary bed. Development of a nano-sized agent would enable them to extravasate through the leaky pores of an...

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Main Authors: Margaret A. Wheatley, John Lewandowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi - SAGE Publishing 2010-03-01
Series:Molecular Imaging
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2310/7290.2010.00007

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