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

Ultrasound is extensively used in medical imaging, being safe and inexpensive and
operating in real time. Its scope of applications has been widely broadened by the use of …

In the last couple of decades, ultrasound-driven microbubbles have proven excellent
candidates for local drug delivery applications. Besides being useful drug carriers …

Microbubble ultrasound contrast agents have now been in use for several decades and their
safety and efficacy in a wide range of diagnostic applications have been well established …

After the protocol-related indecisive clinical trial of Oxygent, a perfluorooctylbromide/
phospholipid nanoemulsion, in cardiac surgery, that often unduly assigned the observed …

The problem of attenuation and sound speed of bubbly media has remained partially
unsolved. Comprehensive data regarding pressure-dependent changes of the attenuation …

Sonoporation is the process where intracellular drug delivery is facilitated by ultrasound-
driven microbubble oscillations. Several mechanisms have been proposed to relate …

Jet formation and break-up in inkjet printing has been studied and understood mainly for
pure liquids. Questions remain as to the role of surfactants on the inkjet printing process at …

Phospholipid encapsulated ultrasound contrast agents have proven to be a powerful
addition in diagnostic imaging and show emerging applications in targeted therapy due to …

Microbubbles (MBs) have recently emerged as promising theranostic carriers for ultrasound
contrast imaging and drug delivery. However, conventional lipid-based MBs have a poor …