Cavitation Microstreaming Generated by a Sonovue Microbubble and Marked by Fluorescent Beads (IMAGE)

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Cavitation Microstreaming Generated by a Sonovue Microbubble and Marked by Fluorescent Beads

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Cavitation microstreaming generated by a SonoVue microbubble and marked by fluorescent beads. Under ultrasound exposure, microbubbles can produce streaming flows which may contribute to blood-brain barrier opening and will be investigated directly using our in vitro platform.

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Miles M. Aron, courtesy of BUBBL, University of Oxford, England

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