کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1762929 1019725 2007 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Enhanced Targeting of Ultrasound Contrast Agents Using Acoustic Radiation Force
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه فیزیک و نجوم آکوستیک و فرا صوت
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Enhanced Targeting of Ultrasound Contrast Agents Using Acoustic Radiation Force
چکیده انگلیسی
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound has shown significant promise as a molecular imaging modality. However, one potential drawback is the difficulty that ultrasound contrast agents (UCA) may have in achieving adhesion to target molecules on the vascular endothelium. Microbubble UCA exhibit a lateral migration toward the vessel axis in laminar flow, preventing UCA contact with the endothelium. In the current study, we have investigated low-amplitude acoustic radiation as a mechanism to move circulating UCA toward targeted endothelium. Intravital microscopy was used to assess the retention of microbubble UCA targeted to P-selectin in the mouse cremaster microcirculation and femoral vessels. Acoustic treatment enhanced UCA retention to P-selectin four-fold in cremaster venules and in the femoral vein and 20-fold in the femoral artery. These results suggest acoustic treatment as a mechanism for enabling ultrasound-based molecular imaging in blood vessels with hemodynamic and anatomical conditions otherwise adversarial for UCA retention. (E-mail: jh7fj@virginia.edu)
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology - Volume 33, Issue 7, July 2007, Pages 1132-1139
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