Methods for Rapid Characterization of Tunable Microbubble Formulations

Savannah L Harpster, Alexandra M Piñeiro, Joyce Y Wong, Fabiano Bini, Weijia Wen · 2024

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Savannah Harpster and co-authors set out in twenty twenty-four to speed up the testing of tiny gas bubbles made for medical use. To tune a bubble mix, its size spread, count, and sound response must be gauged fast, so that new mixes can be tried in quick rounds. The team built a joint method that pairs light-based and sound-based tests.

An open-source image tool was adapted to count and size bubbles in bright-field photos. A gel block with many wells was made to catch sound echoes from many bubble samples at once, giving a gauge of how strongly each mix reflects sound. Size, count, and echo strength together show what to change in the next mix. The method gives labs a fast way to compare bubble mixes with varied shell make-ups and to home in on ones fit for use in care.

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CREATORSavannah L Harpster, Alexandra M Piñeiro, Joyce Y Wong, Fabiano Bini, Weijia Wen
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE36 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11673760

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