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. 2012 May;38(5):834–845. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.01.012

Table 5.

Measured values of SonoVue™ mean diameter and number concentration as determined by electro-impedance volumetric zone sensing (ES), optical microscopy (OM) and laser diffraction (LD)

Method Mean diameter
Number concentration
Mean ± standard deviation (μm) Mean ± standard deviation (×108 number/mL)
ES 1.61 ± 0.06 4.33 ± 0.32
OM 1.58 ± 0.01 4.11 ± 0.53
LD 0.76 ± 0.03 5.24 ± 0.91

Mean ± standard deviation (n = 3).