Microbubbles
Synonyms
Aphron, Colloidal Gas
Aphrons, Colloidal Gas
Colloidal Gas Aphron
Colloidal Gas Aphrons
Gas Aphron, Colloidal
Gas Aphrons, Colloidal
Microbubble
Small encapsulated gas bubbles (diameters of micrometers) that can be used as CONTRAST MEDIA, and in other diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Upon exposure to sufficiently intense ultrasound, microbubbles will cavitate, rupture, disappear, release gas content. Such characteristics of the microbubbles can be used to enhance diagnostic tests, dissolve blood clots, and deliver drugs or genes for therapy.
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