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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ultrasound Med Biol. 2013 Aug 9;39(11):2137–2146. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.05.007

Table 1.

Elimination rate constants (dB/min)

Initial phase
 Terminal phase
Region of interest Nanobubble Definity p-value Nanobubble Definity p-value
Liver −2.298 ± 1.189 −3.382 ± 1.212 0.191 −0.523 ± 0.488 −0.587 ± 0.495 0.841
Kidney −1.929 ± 0.802 −4.450 ± 1.963 0.025 −0.597 ± 0.316 −0.442 ± 0.447 0.544
Tumor −0.798 ± 0.282 −2.631 ± 0.699 <0.001 −0.465 ± 0.271 −0.234 ± 0.184 0.152