Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 288-292 , July 2010

Preparation and characterization of a nanoscale ultrasound contrast agent

  • Dong Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ultrasound, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China
    • ,
  • Ke Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell Biology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
    • ,
  • Yun-Hua Gao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ultrasound, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Ultrasound, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China. Tel.: +86 23 68774698; fax: +86 23 68755631.
    • ,
  • Kai-Bin Tan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ultrasound, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China
    • ,
  • Zheng Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ultrasound, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China

Received 10 January 2010 ,Accepted 5 February 2010.

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☆ Supported by general project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60601023).

PII: S0899-7071(10)00044-6

doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.02.009

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 288-292 , July 2010

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