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ArticleUltrasonics sonochemistry2012

Production of uniformly sized serum albumin and dextrose microbubbles.

Michael J Borrelli, William D O'Brien, Laura J Bernock, Heather R Williams, Eric Hamilton, Jonah Wu, Michael L Oelze, William C Culp

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Article in Ultrasonics sonochemistry, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael J BorrelliDepartment of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street Slot #556, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA. mjborrelli@uams.edu
William D O'Brien
Laura J Bernock
Heather R Williams
Eric Hamilton
Jonah Wu
Michael L Oelze
William C Culp
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · USUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

Ultrasound-induced tissue damage assessmentR37EB002641 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI O'BRIEN, WILLIAM D. · 2006 to 2015
$6.1M
Ischemic Stroke Treatment with Microbubbles, a Novel Clot Lysis TherapeuticR01HL082481 · NHLBI · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI CULP, WILLIAM C · 2006 to 2010
$2.0M
Heat Activated Gene Therapy Using Radiomimetic CdtBR01CA099178 · NCI · WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL RESEARCH INST · PI BORRELLI, MICHAEL JUDE · 2004 to 2007
$1.0M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA099178NCI NIH HHS R01CA99178NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL082481NHLBI NIH HHS R01HL82481NIBIB NIH HHS R37 EB002641NIBIB NIH HHS R37EB002641
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Uniformly-sized preparations with average microbubble (MB) diameters from 1 to 7 μm were produced reliably by sonicating decafluorobutane-saturated solutions of serum albumin and dextrose. Detailed protocols for producing and size-separating the MBs are presented, along with the effects that changing each production parameter (serum albumin concentration, sonication power, sonication time, etc.) had on MB size distribution and acoustic stability. These protocols can be used to produce MBs for experimental applications or serve as templates for developing new protocols that yield MBs with physical and acoustic properties better suited to specific applications. Size stability and ultrasonic performance quality control tests were developed to assure that successive MB preparations perform identically and to distinguish the physical and acoustic properties of identically sized MBs produced with different serum albumin-dextrose formulations and sonication parameters. MBs can be stored at 5 °C for protracted periods (2 weeks to one year depending on formulation).

Indexed as

MicrobubblesGlucoseParticle SizeSerum AlbuminSurface PropertiesUltrasonicsGlucoseSerum Albumin

Identifiers

PMID21689961
PMCPMC3152625
OpenAlexW2022975958

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