Initial reports from the 1960s describing the observations of ultrasound contrast
enhancement by tiny gaseous bubbles during echocardiographic examinations prompted …

Ultrasound contrast agents are valuable in diagnostic ultrasound imaging, and they
increasingly show potential for drug delivery. This review focuses on the acoustic behavior …

The influence of the stabilizing phospholipid-coating on the nonlinear dynamics of
ultrasound contrast agent microbubbles is investigated. We record the radial dynamics of …

Ultrasound contrast agent microbubbles have expanded the utility of biomedical ultrasound
from anatomic imaging to the assessment of microvascular blood flow characteristics and …

Collapse of lipidic ultrasound contrast agents under high-frequency compressive load has
been historically interpreted by the vanishing of surface tension. By contrast, buckling of …

Ultrasound has been developed as both a diagnostic tool and a potent promoter of
beneficial bio-effects for the treatment of chronic bacterial infections. Bacterial infections …

Microbubble ultrasound contrast agents have been in clinical use for more than two
decades, during which time their range of applications has increased to encompass …

We introduce a model that describes spherical oscillations of encapsulated microbubbles in
an unbounded surrounding fluid. A Rayleigh–Plesset-like equation is derived by coupling …

There is a growing interest in microbubble based ultrasound contrast imaging applications
in the 5–15 MHz range. In this study, individual microbubbles were insonified at low …

Ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) are used routinely in the clinic to enhance contrast in
ultrasonography. More recently, UCAs have been functionalised by conjugating ligands to …