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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Control Release. 2021 Jul 27;337:458–471. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.07.042

Table 1.

Characterization of microbubble formulations used for clinical imaging with Definity, ten times (10x) the clinical imaging dose of Definity, and previously published reports showing effective FUS-induced BBB opening.

Reference Bubble Distribution Bubble Size Bubble Concentration Bubble Dosage Bubbles per bolus injection (million)
Clinical Definity Polydisperse 1.1 – 3.3 µm 1.2 × 1010/mL 0.01 µL/g 3
10x Clinical Definity Polydisperse 1.1 – 3.3 µm 1.2 × 109/mL 1.0 µL/g 30
Samiotaki et al. 2013 [12] Polydisperse 1.1 – 3.3 µm 6.0 × 108/mL 1.0 µL/g 15
Choi et al. 2010 [17] Size isolated 4 – 5 µm 8.5 × 108/mL 0.9 µL/g 19
Olumolade et al. 2016 [26] Polydisperse ~1.4 µm 8.0 × 108/mL 1.0 µL/g 20
Wu et al. 2015 [37] Size isolated 4 – 5 µm 8.0 × 108/mL 1.2 – 1.5 µL/g 24 – 30