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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ultrasound Med Biol. 2019 Jun 5;45(9):2515–2524. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2019.04.027

Table 1.

Summary of contrast agents.

Group Name Shell Core Size Distribution Manufacturer
Clinical and Preclinical Definity lipid octafluoropropane polydisperse Lantheus Medical Imaging
Optison protein octafluoropropane polydisperse GE Healthcare
Micromarker lipid nitrogen and decafluorobutane polydisperse FUJIFILM VisualSonics, Inc.
Gas Core DFB lipid decafluorobutane polydisperse Dayton Lab
OFP lipid octafluoropropane polydisperse Dayton Lab
SF6 lipid sulfur hexafluoride polydisperse Dayton Lab
Lipid Shell C16-2L lipid octafluoropropane polydisperse Dayton Lab
C20-2L lipid octafluoropropane polydisperse Dayton Lab
C16-3L lipid octafluoropropane polydisperse Dayton Lab
C18-2L lipid octafluoropropane polydisperse Dayton Lab
Bubble Diameter SIMB1-2 lipid decafluorobutane size-sorted Advanced Microbubbles Laboratories
SIMB3-4 lipid decafluorobutane size-sorted Advanced Microbubbles Laboratories
SIMB4-5 lipid decafluorobutane size-sorted Advanced Microbubbles Laboratories
SIMB5-8 lipid decafluorobutane size-sorted Advanced Microbubbles Laboratories