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Microbubble ultrasound improves the efficiency of gene transduction in skeletal muscle in vivo with reduced tissue damage by LU, Q. L, LIANG, H-D, PARTRIDGE, T, BLOMLEY, M. J. K

“…Intramuscular injection of naked plasmid DNA is a safe approach to the systemic delivery of therapeutic gene products, but with limited efficiency. We have…”
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The role of ultrasound in molecular imaging: Molecular imaging by LIANG, H.-D, BLOMLEY, M. J. K

“…Ultrasound has received less attention than other imaging modalities for molecular imaging, but has a number of potential advantages. It is cheap, widely…”
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Hepatic vein transit times using a microbubble agent can predict disease severity non-invasively in patients with hepatitis C by Lim, A K P, Taylor-Robinson, S D, Patel, N, Eckersley, R J, Goldin, R D, Hamilton, G, Foster, G R, Thomas, H C, Cosgrove, D O, Blomley, M J K

“…Background and aims: A reliable non-invasive assessment of the severity of diffuse liver disease is much needed. We investigated the utility of hepatic vein…”
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Guidelines for the use of contrast agents in ultrasound. January 2004 by Albrecht, T, Blomley, M, Bolondi, L, Claudon, M, Correas, J-M, Cosgrove, D, Greiner, L, Jäger, K, Jong, N De, Leen, E, Lencioni, R, Lindsell, D, Martegani, A, Solbiati, L, Thorelius, L, Tranquart, F, Weskott, H P, Whittingham, T

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Liver microbubble transit time compared with histology and Child-Pugh score in diffuse liver disease: a cross sectional study by Blomley, M J K, Lim, A K P, Harvey, C J, Patel, N, Eckersley, R J, Basilico, R, Heckemann, R, Urbank, A, Cosgrove, D O, Taylor-Robinson, S D

“…Background: A previous pilot study showed that early arrival time of a microbubble in a hepatic vein is a sensitive indicator of cirrhosis. Aim: To see if this…”
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Use of ultrasound to enhance nonviral lung gene transfer in vivo by Xenariou, S, Griesenbach, U, Liang, H-D, Zhu, J, Farley, R, Somerton, L, Singh, C, Jeffery, P K, Ferrari, S, Scheule, R K, Cheng, S H, Geddes, D M, Blomley, M, Alton, E W F W

“…We have assessed if high-frequency ultrasound (US) can enhance nonviral gene transfer to the mouse lung. Cationic lipid GL67/pDNA, polyethylenimine (PEI)/pDNA…”
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Hepatic malignancies: improved detection with pulse-inversion US in late phase of enhancement with SH U 508A-early experience by Harvey, C J, Blomley, M J, Eckersley, R J, Cosgrove, D O, Patel, N, Heckemann, R A, Butler-Barnes, J

“…Twenty consecutive patients with known liver malignancies underwent ultrasonography (US) in conventional B mode and in pulse-inversion mode in the late…”
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Transdermal estradiol improves bone density when used as single agent therapy for prostate cancer by Ockrim, J L, Lalani, E N, Banks, L M, Svensson, W E, Blomley, M J, Patel, S, Laniado, M E, Carter, S S, Abel, P D

“…Current androgen deprivation therapies for men with prostate cancer cause accelerated osteoporosis and a significant risk of osteoporotic fracture. We have…”
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Non-invasive diagnosis of hepatic cirrhosis by transit-time analysis of an ultrasound contrast agent by Albrecht, Thomas, Blomley, Martin JK, Cosgrove, David O, Taylor-Robinson, Simon D, Jayaram, Vijay, Eckersley, Robert, Urbank, Albrecht, Butler-Barnes, Jenny, Patel, Nayna

“…Hepatic cirrhosis is accompanied by several haemodynamic changes including arterialisation of the liver, intrahepatic shunts, pulmonary arteriovenous shunts,…”
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Improved imaging of liver metastases with stimulated acoustic emission in the late phase of enhancement with the US contrast agent SH U 508A: early experience by Blomley, M J, Albrecht, T, Cosgrove, D O, Patel, N, Jayaram, V, Butler-Barnes, J, Eckersley, R J, Bauer, A, Schlief, R

“…To see whether stimulated acoustic emission (SAE) in the liver parenchyma in the late phase of enhancement with SH U 508A increases the conspicuity of occult…”
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Quantification of blood flow by Cosgrove, D, Eckersley, R, Blomley, M, Harvey, C

“…Traditionally, Doppler ultrasound has been used to estimate blood flow as the mean velocity multiplied by the vessel area, but this is subject to significant…”
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Comparative study of experienced vs non-experienced radiologists in assessing parametric CT images of the response of the prostate gland to radiotherapy by WIN, Z, ARIFF, B, HARVEY, C. J, RANGI, P, ECKERSLEY, R, HAWTIN, K, BLOMLEY, M. J. K

“…Functional CT can demonstrate acute quantitative increases in perfusion, permeability and fractional vascular volume in the prostate gland of patients with…”
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Developments in ultrasound contrast media by Harvey, C J, Blomley, M J, Eckersley, R J, Cosgrove, D O

“…Ultrasound microbubble contrast agents are effective and safe echo enhancers. An ingenious array of methods are employed to achieve stability and provide a…”
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Multi-centre clinical study evaluating the efficacy of SonoVue™ (BR1), a new ultrasound contrast agent in Doppler investigation of focal hepatic lesions by Leen, E, Angerson, W.J, Yarmenitis, S, Bongartz, G, Blomley, M, Del Maschio, A, Summaria, V, Maresca, G, Pezzoli, C, Llull, J.B

“…Objectives: SonoVue™ is a new ultrasound contrast agent, which consists of stabilised microbubbles of a sulphur hexafluoride gas. The aim of the study was to…”
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Pulse-inversion mode imaging of liver specific microbubbles: improved detection of subcentimetre metastases by Harvey, Christopher J, Blomley, Martin JK, Eckersley, Robert J, Heckemann, Rolf A, Butler-Barnes, Jenny, Cosgrove, David O

“…Pulse-inversion mode (a new ultrasound mode) can be used to image the late liver-specific parenchymal phase of the microbubble contrast-agent Levovist…”
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Prolongation and optimization of Doppler enhancement with a microbubble US contrast agent by using continuous infusion: preliminary experience by Albrecht, T, Urbank, A, Mahler, M, Bauer, A, Doré, C J, Blomley, M J, Cosgrove, D O, Schlief, R

“…To investigate whether continuous infusion of an echo-enhancing contrast agent for up to 15 minutes can provide uniform and prolonged enhancement. Six…”
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Measuring changes in human tumour vasculature in response to therapy using functional imaging techniques by ANDERSON, H, PRICE, P, BLOMLEY, M, LEACH, M. O, WORKMAN, P

“…Antiangiogenic and antivascular agents provide new approaches to treating tumours. These may avoid many of the problems experienced with current approaches…”
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Do different types of liver lesions differ in their uptake of the microbubble contrast agent SH U 508A in the late liver phase? Early experience by Blomley, M J, Sidhu, P S, Cosgrove, D O, Albrecht, T, Harvey, C J, Heckemann, R A, Butler-Barnes, J, Eckersley, R J, Basilico, R

“…To compare the uptake of SH U 508A in different types of liver lesions by using stimulated acoustic emission. Thirty-seven patients with characterized lesions…”
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Imaging investigation of liver haemodynamics in patients at risk for hepatic metastatic disease by Harvey, C, Blomley, M

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Science, Medicine, And The Future: Microbubble Contrast Agents: A New Era In Ultrasound by Blomley, Martin J. K., Cooke, Jennifer C., Unger, Evan C., Monaghan, Mark J., Cosgrove, David O.

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