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Integration of microbubbles with biomaterials in tissue engineering for pharmaceutical purposes

open access: yesHeliyon, 2020
Tissue engineering with the aid of biomaterials is a novel and promising knowledge aiming at improving human life expectancy. Besides, microbubbles are increasingly employed in biomedical applications due to their capability as a reservoir of therapeutic
Javad Esmaeili   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microbubbles Stabilized by Protein Shell: From Pioneering Ultrasound Contrast Agents to Advanced Theranostic Systems

open access: yesPharmaceutics, 2022
Ultrasound is a widely-used imaging modality in clinics as a low-cost, non-invasive, non-radiative procedure allowing therapists faster decision-making.
Polina G. Rudakovskaya   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bayesian Spectral Estimation Applied to Echo Signals from Nonlinear Ultrasound Scatterers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The understanding and exploitation of acoustic echo signals from nonlinear ultrasound scatterers is an active research area that aims to improve the sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic imaging.
James R. Hopgood   +9 more
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The use of microbubbles to target drug delivery

open access: yesCardiovascular Ultrasound, 2004
Ultrasound-mediated microbubbles destruction has been proposed as an innovative method for noninvasive delivering of drugs and genes to different tissues.
Porter Richard   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating the significance of multiple scattering in ultrasound contrast agent particle populations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The majority of the existing models describing the behavior of microbubble ultrasound contrast agents consider single, isolated microbubbles suspended in infinite media.
N. Saffari   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Tumor Delivery of Ultrasound Contrast Agents Using Shiga Toxin B Subunit

open access: yesMolecular Imaging, 2011
The present study demonstrates the targeting of ultrasound contrast agents to human xenograft tumors by exploiting the overexpression of the glycolipid Gb3 in neovasculature.
Olivier Couture   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enhancing Structural Stability of Oil-Shell Microbubbles via Incorporation of a Gold Nanoparticle Protective Shell for Theranostic Applications

open access: yesColloids and Interfaces, 2023
Phospholipid-stabilized microbubbles are utilized as contrast agents in medical ultrasound imaging, and researchers are currently investigating their potential as theranostic agents.
Marzieh Ataei   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microbubble cavitation imaging [PDF]

open access: yesIEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 2013
Ultrasound cavitation of microbubble contrast agents has a potential for therapeutic applications such as sonothrombolysis (STL) in acute ischemic stroke. For safety, efficacy, and reproducibility of treatment, it is critical to evaluate the cavitation state (moderate oscillations, stable cavitation, and inertial cavitation) and activity level in and ...
Vignon, F.   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Development of exosome membrane materials-fused microbubbles for enhanced stability and efficient drug delivery of ultrasound contrast agent

open access: yesActa Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2023
Lipid-coated microbubbles are widely used as an ultrasound contrast agent, as well as drug delivery carriers. However, the two main limitations in ultrasound diagnosis and drug delivery using microbubbles are the short half-life in the blood system, and ...
Yongho Jang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Remote Loading: The Missing Piece for Achieving High Drug Payload and Rapid Release in Polymeric Microbubbles

open access: yesPharmaceutics, 2023
The use of drug-loaded microbubbles for targeted drug delivery, particularly in cancer treatment, has been extensively studied in recent years. However, the loading capacity of microbubbles has been limited due to their surface area.
Ghazal Rastegar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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