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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2013
University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Xucai Chen, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jianjun Wang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
John J. Pacella, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Flordeliza S. Villanueva, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
Various methods of performing ultrasound contrast assisted therapy are provided. One such method includes delivering a plurality of microbubble-based ultrasound contrast agents to a target area and disrupting the microbubble-based ultrasound contrast agents by delivering tone bursts of ultrasound to the target area. The oscillation of the microbubble-based ultrasound contrast agents can be achieved by delivering ultrasound tone bursts of greater than 5 acoustic cycles with a pulse repetition frequency of between 0.01 and 20 Hz, with pressure greater than 0.3 MPa.