Recent optical and acoustical studies have shown a threshold behaviour in the response of phospholipid-coated contrast agents, for a certain range of sizes. Below the acoustic pressure threshold, the microbubbles' scattering efficacy is significantly reduced compared to that above the threshold. Here we investigate the clinical relevance of the observed threshold behaviour.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA linear relationship between the relative expansion of an off-resonance ultrasound contrast microbubble and low acoustic pressures is expected. In this study, high-speed optical recordings of individual phospholipid-coated microbubbles were used to investigate this relationship for microbubbles ranging from 2 to 11 microm and for acoustic pressures ranging from 20 to 250 kPa at a driving frequency of 1.7 MHz.
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