''''Ultrasound is extensively used in medical imaging, being safe and inexpensive and operating in real time. Its scope of applications has been widely broadened by the use of ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) in the form of microscopic bubbles coated by a ...'

''''Microbubbles have been the earliest and most widely used ultrasound contrast agents by virtue of their unique features: such as non-toxicity, intravenous injectability, ability to cross the pulmonary capillary bed, and significant enhancement of echo ...'

''''Following a recent warning from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the safety of certain ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) containing polyethylene glycol (PEG), the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) joins the International ...'

''''Initial reports from the 1960s describing the observations of ultrasound contrast enhancement by tiny gaseous bubbles during echocardiographic examinations prompted the development of the first ultrasound con- trast agent in the 1980s. Current ...'

''''Ultrasound (US) imaging, due to its capabilities of real-time imaging, portability, low cost and favorable safety, is frequently used as a diagnostic modality for the visualization of different diseases. US imaging is currently the first step in ...'

''''Contrast agents have opened up entirely new possibilities are taking shape for ultrasound, above all in oncology. Following the publication of guidelines on the clinical use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) by the European Federation of Societies ...'

''''An imaging technique combining ultrasound and specially modified contrast agents may allow researchers to noninvasively detect cancer and show its progression, according to research published in the March issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM). ...'

''''Second-generation intravenous blood-pool ultrasound contrast agents are increasingly used inendoscopic ultrasound (EUS) for characterization of microvascularization, differentialdiagnosis of benign and malignant focal lesions, as well as improved staging ...'

''''VisualSonics Inc., the leader in real time, in vivo, high-resolution micro imaging systems, and Bracco Group, the foremost developer and manufacturer of ultrasound based contrast agents, today announced the launch of VevoCQ(TM) Advanced Quantification ...'

''''ScienceDaily (Apr. 1, 2008) — A Saint Louis University cardiologist called upon the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on March 31 to reconsider a strong warning it recently placed on a diagnostic tool, stating that the warning could prevent doctors ...'