| Literature DB >> 17225437 |
Shukui Zhao, Dustin E Kruse, Katherine W Ferrara, Paul A Dayton.
Abstract
In ultrasonic molecular imaging, encapsulated micron-sized gas bubbles are tethered to a blood vessel wall by targeting ligands. A challenging problem is to detect the echoes from adherent microbubbles and distinguish them from echoes from nonadherent agents and tissue. Echoes from adherent contrast agents are observed to include a high amplitude at the fundamental frequency, and significantly different spectral shape compared with free agents (p <0.0003). Mechanisms for the observed acoustical difference and potential techniques to utilize these differences for molecular imaging are proposed.Mesh:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17225437 PMCID: PMC1780256 DOI: 10.1121/1.2364303
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Acoust Soc Am ISSN: 0001-4966 Impact factor: 1.840