Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 9 , Pages 1445-1459 , September 2010

Multi-Modality Safety Assessment of Blood-Brain Barrier Opening Using Focused Ultrasound and Definity Microbubbles: A Short-Term Study

  • Babak Baseri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY
    • ,
  • James J. Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Yao-Sheng Tung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Elisa E. Konofagou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY
    • Department of Radiology, Columbia University, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Elisa E. Konofagou, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 351 Engineering Terrace, mail code 8904, 1210 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027.

Received 16 September 2009 ,Revised 8 June 2010 ,Accepted 12 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.06.005

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 9 , Pages 1445-1459 , September 2010

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