Advances in molecular imaging with ultrasound

R Gessner, PA Dayton - Molecular imaging, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Ultrasound imaging has long demonstrated utility in the study and measurement of anatomic
features and noninvasive observation of blood flow. Within the last decade, advances in …

In vivo acoustic super-resolution and super-resolved velocity mapping using microbubbles

K Christensen-Jeffries, RJ Browning… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The structure of microvasculature cannot be resolved using standard clinical ultrasound
(US) imaging frequencies due to the fundamental diffraction limit of US waves. In this work …

Properties, characteristics and applications of microbubbles for sonothrombolysis

M de Saint Victor, C Crake, CC Coussios… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Ultrasound enhancement of thrombolysis (sonothrombolysis) is further
potentiated by administration of acoustically active microbubbles, which may be developed …

Ultrasound triggered drug release from 10-hydroxycamptothecin-loaded phospholipid microbubbles for targeted tumor therapy in mice

P Li, Y Zheng, H Ran, J Tan, Y Lin, Q Zhang… - Journal of controlled …, 2012 - Elsevier
Ultrasound targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) was one of the most promising
strategies to enhance drug delivery in cancer therapy. Microbubbles (MBs) serve as a …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of contrast-enhanced ultrasound treatment on neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer

A Rix, M Piepenbrock, B Flege, S von Stillfried… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose: Preclinical and clinical data indicate that contrast-enhanced ultrasound can
enhance tumor perfusion and vessel permeability, thus, improving chemotherapy …

Super‐resolution ultrasound imaging of skeletal muscle microvascular dysfunction in an animal model of type 2 diabetes

D Ghosh, J Peng, K Brown, S Sirsi… - … of Ultrasound in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To evaluate the use of super‐resolution ultrasound (SR‐US) imaging for
quantifying microvascular changes in skeletal muscle using a mouse model of type 2 …

High-resolution, high-contrast ultrasound imaging using a prototype dual-frequency transducer: in vitro and in vivo studies

R Gessner, M Lukacs, M Lee, E Cherin… - IEEE transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With recent advances in animal models of disease, there has been great interest in
capabilities for highresolution contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging. Microbubble contrast …

Breast Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound: Is a Scoring System Feasible?----A Preliminary Study in China

X Xiao, B Ou, H Yang, H Wu, B Luo - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Objectives Although many studies about breast contrast-enhanced ultrasound had been
conducted, clear diagnostic criteria for evaluating enhancement patterns are still lacking …

The use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in blunt abdominal trauma: advantages and limitations

F Pinto, V Miele, M Scaglione, A Pinto - Acta Radiologica, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Computed tomography (CT) is the imaging method of choice in the assessment of multiple
trauma patients. However, in patients who suffered from low-energy abdominal trauma, the …

Application of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the differential diagnosis of different molecular subtypes of breast cancer

X Liang, Z Li, L Zhang, D Wang, J Tian - Ultrasonic Imaging, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
To explore the value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the differential diagnosis of
molecular subtypes of breast cancer. Sixty-two cases of breast cancer were divided into …