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ArticleUltrasound in medicine & biology2018

Effect of Temperature on the Size Distribution, Shell Properties, and Stability of Definity

Himanshu Shekhar, Nathaniel J Smith, Jason L Raymond, Christy K Holland

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Article in Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Himanshu ShekharDivision of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Electronic address: himanshu.shekhar@uc.edu.
Nathaniel J SmithDivision of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Jason L RaymondDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Christy K HollandDivision of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
University of Cincinnati · USUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Ultrasound-Assisted Thrombolysis for Stroke TherapyR01NS047603 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI HOLLAND, CHRISTY K. · 2004 to 2018
$7.5M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS047603
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physical characterization of an ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) aids in its safe and effective use in diagnostic and therapeutic applications. The goal of this study was to investigate the impact of temperature on the size distribution, shell properties, and stability of Definity

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MicrobubblesParticle SizeTemperatureContrast MediaFluorocarbonsHot TemperatureContrast MediaFluorocarbonsperflutrenAcoustic attenuation spectroscopyDefinity(®)MicrobubblesPhospholipidsStabilityTemperatureUltrasound contrast agents

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PMID29174045
PMCPMC5759968
OpenAlexW2770481016

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