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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Med. 2009 May 14;50(6):999–1007. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.108.059576

TABLE 6.

Requirements of Microbubble Contrast Agents for Ultrasound

Radius of particle (nm) Particles per mm3 to be detected Particles per cell to be detected
63,000 1 1 every 106 cells
6,300 103 1 every 103 cells
630 106 1 per cell
100 25 × 107 250 every cell
1,000 25 × 104 1 every 4 cells
10,000 250 1 every 4,000 cells