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Table 1 Properties of the contrast agents

From: Visualization of multimodal polymer-shelled contrast agents using ultrasound contrast sequences: an experimental study in a tissue mimicking flow phantom

Type of CA

Shell material

Gas composition

Plain PVA

Polymer

Air

PVA Type A

Polymer + SPION

Air

PVA Type B

Polymer + SPION

Air

SonoVue®

Phospholipid

Sulfur hexafluoride

  1. PVA = polyvinyl alcohol, CA = contrast agent, SPION = superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles.
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Cardiovascular Ultrasound

ISSN: 1476-7120

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