Nanodroplets–emerging phase-changing sonoresponsive materials–have attracted
substantial attention in biomedical applications for both tumour imaging and therapeutic …

Perfluorocarbons (PFCs) are fluorinated compounds that have been used for many years in
clinics mainly as gas/oxygen carriers and for liquid ventilation. Besides this main application …

Recent efforts in the area of acoustic droplet vaporization with the objective of designing
extravascular ultrasound contrast agents has led to the development of stabilized, lipid …

Because many tumors possess blood vessels permeable to particles with diameters of 200
nm, it is possible that submicron perfluorocarbon droplets could constitute a novel …

Acoustically activated submicron droplets of liquid perfluorocarbon are investigated as a
new class of ultrasound contrast agent. In the liquid state, intravascular droplets can …

We present enhanced cavitation erosion of blood clots exposed to low-boiling-point (− 2° C)
perfluorocarbon phase-change nanodroplets and pulsed ultrasound, as well as …

As a special cross‐disciplinary research frontier, nanoultrasonic biomedicine refers to the
design and synthesis of nanomaterials to solve some critical issues of ultrasound (US) …

Continued advances in the field of ultrasound and ultrasound contrast agents have created
new approaches to imaging and medical intervention. Phase-shift perfluorocarbon droplets …

This paper reviews the literature regarding the use of acoustic droplet vaporization (ADV) in
clinical applications of imaging, embolic therapy, and therapeutic delivery. ADV is a physical …

Focused ultrasound therapy can be enhanced with microbubbles by thermal and cavitation
effects. However, localization of treatment is difficult as bioeffects can occur outside of the …