Authors: Chitnis, P V; Lee, P; Dayton, P A; Mamou, J; Ketterling, J A

Source: Bubble Science, Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Number 2, November 2011 , pp. 73-78(6)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

Abstract:

A high-frequency ultrasound pulse echo system and a video microscope were combined to investigate the relationship between backscatter from polymer-shelled ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) and their diameter. Individual UCAs (manufactured by Point Biomedical or Philips Research) were imaged while being sonicated with 40 MHz tone bursts. The backscatter magnitude produced by the Philips UCAs was proportional to UCA size, which is consistent with theoretically predicted behaviour of encapsulated microbubbles driven at frequencies above resonance. Despite being smaller, the Point UCAs produced a backscatter magnitude twice that of Philips UCAs, indicating that Point UCAs might behave quasi-resonantly when excited at 40 MHz.

Keywords: High frequency ultrasound; Contrast agents; Polymer shell

Document Type: Short Communication

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1758897911Y.0000000005

Publication date: 2011-11-01

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