Science, medicine, and the future: Microbubble contrast agents: a new era in ultrasound.

Authors :: Blomley, Martin J K
Cooke, Jennifer C
Unger, Evan C
Monaghan, Mark J
Cosgrove, David O
Source :: BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition). 05/19/2001, Vol. 322 Issue 7296, p1222. 4p. 4 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram.
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Examines the introduction of microbubbles in medical science. Use of contrast agents in imaging; Description of microbubbles, which work by resonating in an ultrasound beam, rapidly contracting and expanding in response to the pressure changes of the sound wave; Development of microbubbles as tools for delivery of gene therapy and other treatments to specific sites.

Subjects :: *MEDICAL imaging systems
*BUBBLES
*SOUND waves
*MEDICAL research

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