Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 54-60 , January 2010

Long Residence Time of Ultrasound Microbubbles Targeted to Integrin in Murine Tumor Model

  • Hong Young Jun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and the Institute for Radiological Imaging Science, Wonkwang University, 344-2 Sinyong Dong, Iksan, Jeonbuk 570-711, South Korea
    • ,
  • Seong Hoon Park, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and the Institute for Radiological Imaging Science, Wonkwang University, 344-2 Sinyong Dong, Iksan, Jeonbuk 570-711, South Korea
    • ,
  • Hun Soo Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Wonkwang University, 344-2 Sinyong Dong, Iksan, Jeonbuk 570-711, South Korea
    • ,
  • Kwon-Ha Yoon, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and the Institute for Radiological Imaging Science, Wonkwang University, 344-2 Sinyong Dong, Iksan, Jeonbuk 570-711, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: K.-H.Y.

Received 15 May 2009 ,Accepted 19 July 2009.

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PII: S1076-6332(09)00415-2

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.07.017

Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 54-60 , January 2010

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