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Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2005 Nov;52(11):1992–2002. doi: 10.1109/tuffc.2005.1561668

TABLE I.

Lipid Components Used to Form Microbubble Shell.

Abbreviation	Name	Alkyl chain length	Category
DMPC	1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine	C14	Phospholipid
DSPC	1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine	C18	Phospholipid
DBPC	1,2-dibehenoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine	C22	Phospholipid
DMPE-PEG2000	1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-[methoxy(polyethylene glycol)-2000]	C14	Lipopolymer emulsifier
DSPE-PEG2000	1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-[methoxy(polyethylene glycol)-2000]	C18	Lipopolymer emulsifier
PEG-40 stearate	Polyoxyethylene 40 stearate (Myrj 52)	C18	Surfactant emulsifier