In vivo microscopy of targeted vessel occlusion employing acoustic droplet vaporization

摘要

ObjectiveEmbolotherapy is a potential means to treat a variety of cancers. Our approach – gas embolotherapy – introduces the droplets upstream from the tumor and then acoustically activates them to form bubbles for occlusion – a process known as acoustic droplet vaporization (ADV). We wanted to provide the first optical documentation of ADV, lodged bubbles, or vessel occlusion in vivo.