TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustaining microbubbles derived from phase change nanodroplet by low-amplitude ultrasound exposure
AU - Kawabata, Ken Ichi
AU - Asami, Rei
AU - Yoshikawa, Hideki
AU - Azuma, Takashi
AU - Umemura, Shin Ichiro
PY - 2010/7/1
Y1 - 2010/7/1
N2 - To improve the short lifetime of microbubbles induced upon application of triggering ultrasound pulse to a phase change nanodroplet (PCND), the effect of low-pressure continuous ultrasound for sustaining microbubbles was studied in a gel phantom. A pulse with 100 cycles of 1.1MHz ultrasound with a peak negative pressure of 2.4 MPa was used for the generation of microbubbles while superimposing a bubble-sustaining ultrasound at a frequency of 1.1 MHz with a relatively low-pressure amplitude. It was found that a peak negative pressure in the range from 0.01 to 0.1MPa was suitable for sustaining the microbubbles without inducing cavitation. The presence of sustained bubbles could be echographycally observed as a beam-shaped brightness change. Moreover, the sustained microbubbles induced cavitation upon additional application of ultrasound pulse at a peak negative pressure of 0.2 MPa. The results obtained suggested that not only the lifetime but also the activity of the microbubbles can be controlled.
AB - To improve the short lifetime of microbubbles induced upon application of triggering ultrasound pulse to a phase change nanodroplet (PCND), the effect of low-pressure continuous ultrasound for sustaining microbubbles was studied in a gel phantom. A pulse with 100 cycles of 1.1MHz ultrasound with a peak negative pressure of 2.4 MPa was used for the generation of microbubbles while superimposing a bubble-sustaining ultrasound at a frequency of 1.1 MHz with a relatively low-pressure amplitude. It was found that a peak negative pressure in the range from 0.01 to 0.1MPa was suitable for sustaining the microbubbles without inducing cavitation. The presence of sustained bubbles could be echographycally observed as a beam-shaped brightness change. Moreover, the sustained microbubbles induced cavitation upon additional application of ultrasound pulse at a peak negative pressure of 0.2 MPa. The results obtained suggested that not only the lifetime but also the activity of the microbubbles can be controlled.
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U2 - 10.1143/JJAP.49.07HF20
DO - 10.1143/JJAP.49.07HF20
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77956574052
VL - 49
JO - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers & Short Notes
JF - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers & Short Notes
SN - 0021-4922
IS - 7 PART 2
M1 - 07HF20
ER -