Physics of Microbubble Contrast Agents

Kirsten Christensen-Jeffries; Robert J. Eckersley

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-49691-3_1

Physics of Microbubble Contrast Agents

Kirsten Christensen-Jeffries^*, Robert J. Eckersley

^*Corresponding author for this work

Biomedical Engineering Department

St Thomas' Hospital

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Abstract

Visualisation of the vasculature in clinical ultrasound has been greatly enhanced with the development of microbubbles as ultrasound contrast agents. These contrast agents have gained increasing use due to their safe profile, improved stability in the bloodstream and ability to provide a unique response even at low transmit powers. The availability of new generations of engineered ultrasound contrast agents, along with advances in specialised contrast-specific imaging methods to exploit their unique response, has facilitated the progress of contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging (CEUS) into a routine diagnostic procedure. A comprehensive understanding of the physics of microbubbles and their interaction with ultrasound will continue to improve current imaging techniques and the development of new ones.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Pediatric Imaging
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	1-11
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030496913
ISBN (Print)	9783030496906
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49691-3_1
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020

Keywords

Contrast agent
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound
Microbubble
Non-linear imaging
Ultrasound

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