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The effect of micro-vessel viscosity on the resonance response of a two-microbubble system

Author(s): Yusefi H; Helfield B;

Clinical ultrasound contrast agent microbubbles remain intravascular and are between 1-8 µm in diameter, with a volume-weighted mean size of 2-3 µm. Despite their worldwide clinical utility as a diagnostic contrast agent, and their continued and ongoing success as a local therapeutic vector, the fundamental interplay between microbubbles - including bubbl ...

Article GUID: 39705920


Cardiac gene delivery using ultrasound: State of the field

Author(s): Singh D; Memari E; He S; Yusefi H; Helfield B;

Over the past two decades, there has been tremendous and exciting progress toward extending the use of medical ultrasound beyond a traditional imaging tool. Ultrasound contrast agents, typically used for improved visualization of blood flow, have been explored as novel non-viral gene delivery vectors for cardiovascular therapy. Given this adaptation to ul ...

Article GUID: 38983873


Subharmonic resonance of phospholipid coated ultrasound contrast agent microbubbles

Author(s): Yusefi H; Helfield B;

Phospholipid encapsulated ultrasound contrast agents have proven to be a powerful addition in diagnostic imaging and show emerging applications in targeted therapy due to their resonant and nonlinear scattering. Microbubble response is affected by their intrinsic (e.g. bubble size, encapsulation physics) and extrinsic (e.g. boundaries) factors. One of the ...

Article GUID: 38217906


Fluid flow influences ultrasound-assisted endothelial membrane permeabilization and calcium flux

Author(s): Memari E; Hui F; Yusefi H; Helfield B;

The local fluid dynamics experienced by circulating microbubbles vary across different anatomical sites, which can influence ultrasound-mediated therapeutic delivery efficacy. This study aimed to elucidate the effect of fluid flow rate in combination with repeated short-pulse ultrasound on microbubble-mediated endothelial cell permeabilization. Here, a se ...

Article GUID: 37150403


Stable Cavitation-Mediated Delivery of miR-126 to Endothelial Cells

Author(s): He S; Singh D; Yusefi H; Helfield B;

In endothelial cells, microRNA-126 (miR-126) promotes angiogenesis, and modulating the intracellular levels of this gene could suggest a method to treat cardiovascular diseases such as ischemia. Novel ultrasound-stimulated microbubbles offer a means to deliver therapeutic payloads to target cells and sites of disease. The purpose of this study was to inve ...

Article GUID: 36559150


The influence of inter-bubble spacing on the resonance response of ultrasound contrast agent microbubbles

Author(s): Yusefi H; Helfield B;

Ultrasound-driven microbubbles, typically between 1 and 8 µm in diameter, are resonant scatterers that are employed as diagnostic contrast agents and emerging as potentiators of targeted therapies. Microbubbles are administered in populations whereby their radial dynamics - key to their effectiveness - are greatly affected by intrinsic (e.g. bubble size) ...

Article GUID: 36223708


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