A preliminary evaluation of self-made nanobubble in contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging

Chunfang Li; Kaizhi Wu; Jing Li; Haijuan Liu; Qibing Zhou; Mingyue Ding

doi:10.1117/12.2043339

13 March 2014 A preliminary evaluation of self-made nanobubble in contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging

Chunfang Li, Kaizhi Wu, Jing Li, Haijuan Liu, Qibing Zhou, Mingyue Ding

Proceedings Volume 9038, Medical Imaging 2014: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging; 903818 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2043339
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Nanoscale bubbles (nanobubbles) have been reported to improve contrast in tumor-targeted ultrasound imaging due to the enhanced permeation and retention effects at tumor vascular leaks. In this work, a self-made nanobubble ultrasound contrast agent was preliminarily characterized and evaluated in-vitro and in-vivo. Fundamental properties such as morphology appearance, size distribution, zeta potential, bubble concentration (bubble numbers per milliliter contrast agent suspension) and the stability of nanobubbles were assessed by light microscope and particle sizing analysis. Then the concentration intensity curve and time intensity curves (TICs) were acquired by ultrasound imaging experiment in-vitro. Finally, the contrast-enhanced ultrasonography was performed on rat to investigate the procedure of liver perfusion. The results showed that the nanobubbles had good shape and uniform distribution with the average diameter of 507.9 nm, polydispersity index (PDI) of 0.527, and zeta potential of -19.17 mV. Significant contrast enhancement was observed in in-vitro ultrasound imaging, demonstrating that the self-made nanobubbles can enhance the contrast effect of ultrasound imaging efficiently in-vitro. Slightly contrast enhancement was observed in in-vivo ultrasound imaging, indicating that the nanobubbles are not stable enough in-vivo. Future work will be focused on improving the ultrasonic imaging performance, stability, and antibody binding of the nanoscale ultrasound contrast agent.

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Chunfang Li, Kaizhi Wu, Jing Li, Haijuan Liu, Qibing Zhou, and Mingyue Ding "A preliminary evaluation of self-made nanobubble in contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging", Proc. SPIE 9038, Medical Imaging 2014: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 903818 (13 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2043339

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