Ultrasound imaging can monitor the exact drug dose and delivery site in the brain | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Ultrasound imaging can monitor the exact drug dose and delivery site in the brain | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

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Ultrasound imaging can monitor the exact drug and delivery site in the brain

An ultrasound imaging technique called passive cavitation imaging was able to create an image and estimate the amount of a drug that crossed the blood-brain barrier to reach a specific location in the brain. The technique monitors the activity of microbubbles, microscopic bubbles that help create clearer ultrasound images using detectors to estimate the effects they have on the different biological structures – in this case, the brain.

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