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Nanobubbles for enhanced ultrasound imaging of tumors

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Nanomedicine, February 2012
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Title
Nanobubbles for enhanced ultrasound imaging of tumors
Published in
International Journal of Nanomedicine, February 2012
DOI 10.2147/ijn.s28830
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Authors

Rongqin Zheng, Tinghui Yin, Ping Wang, Rongqin Zheng, Bowen Zheng, Du Cheng, Xinling Zhang, Xin-Tao Shuai

Abstract

The fabrication and initial applications of nanobubbles (NBs) have shown promising results in recent years. A small particle size is a basic requirement for ultrasound contrast-enhanced agents that penetrate tumor blood vessel pores to allow for targeted imaging and therapy. However, the nanoscale size of the particles used has the disadvantage of weakening the imaging ability of clinical diagnostic ultrasound. In this work, we fabricated a lipid NBs contrast-enhanced ultrasound agent and evaluated its passive targeting ability in vivo. The results showed that the NBs were small (436.8 ± 5.7 nm), and in vitro ultrasound imaging suggested that the ultrasonic imaging ability is comparable to that of microbubbles (MBs). In vivo experiments confirmed the ability of NBs to passively target tumor tissues. The NBs remained in the tumor area for a longer period because they exhibited enhanced permeability and retention. Direct evidence was obtained by direct observation of red fluorescence-dyed NBs in tumor tissue using confocal laser scanning microscopy. We have demonstrated the ability to fabricate NBs that can be used for the in vivo contrast-enhanced imaging of tumor tissue and that have potential for drug/gene delivery.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Unknown 152 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 42 27%
Student > Master 18 12%
Student > Bachelor 17 11%
Researcher 13 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 7%
Other 16 10%
Unknown 37 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 47 31%
Medicine and Dentistry 13 8%
Chemistry 10 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 5%
Other 25 16%
Unknown 44 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 December 2020.
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#6,259,068
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Outputs from International Journal of Nanomedicine
#638
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#57,353
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Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Nanomedicine
#23
of 91 outputs
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