"Microbubbles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D045423
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.553
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| Concept/Terms |
Colloidal Gas Aphrons- Colloidal Gas Aphrons
- Aphron, Colloidal Gas
- Aphrons, Colloidal Gas
- Colloidal Gas Aphron
- Gas Aphron, Colloidal
- Gas Aphrons, Colloidal
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microbubbles" by people in Profiles.
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Acoustic Enhancer Microbubble Cavitation: A Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of a Novel Treatment for Urolithiasis. J Urol. 2025 Aug; 214(2):167-176.
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Imaging-guided bioresorbable acoustic hydrogel microrobots. Sci Robot. 2024 12 11; 9(97):eadp3593.
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Pulsed focused ultrasound alters the proteomic profile of the tumor microenvironment in a syngeneic mouse model of glioblastoma. J Neurooncol. 2024 Nov; 170(2):347-361.
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Noninvasive therapy of brain cancer using a unique systemic delivery methodology with a cancer terminator virus. J Cell Physiol. 2024 Aug; 239(8):e31302.
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50-nm Gas-Filled Protein Nanostructures to Enable the Access of Lymphatic Cells by Ultrasound Technologies. Adv Mater. 2024 Jul; 36(28):e2307123.
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Use of transcranial low-intensity focused ultrasound for targeted delivery of stem cell-derived exosomes to the brain. Sci Rep. 2023 10 18; 13(1):17707.
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Effect of perfluorocarbon composition on activation of phase-changing ultrasound contrast agents. Med Phys. 2022 Apr; 49(4):2212-2219.
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Self-Enhanced Acoustic Impedance Difference Strategy for Detecting the Acidic Tumor Microenvironment. ACS Nano. 2022 03 22; 16(3):4217-4227.
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Neuronavigation-guided focused ultrasound for transcranial blood-brain barrier opening and immunostimulation in brain tumors. Sci Adv. 2021 02; 7(6).
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Microbubble-enhanced ultrasound for the antivascular treatment and monitoring of hepatocellular carcinoma. Nanotheranostics. 2019; 3(4):331-341.