# Focused ultrasound-facilitated brain drug delivery using optimized nanodroplets: vaporization efficiency dictates large molecular delivery

- Title: Focused ultrasound-facilitated brain drug delivery using optimized nanodroplets: vaporization efficiency dictates large molecular delivery
- Authors: Shih-Ying Wu; Samantha M Fix; Christopher B Arena; Cherry C Chen; Wenlan Zheng; Oluyemi O Olumolade; Virginie Papadopoulou; Anthony Novell; Paul A Dayton; Elisa E Konofagou
- Year: 2018
- DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aaa30d
- arXiv ID/URL: Not yet checked
- Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/aaa30d
- Record type: journal-article
- Date searched: 2026-10-14
- Record origin: Existing project citation
- Evidence level: Metadata verified; title-based topic summary; experiments unverified
- Access status: Metadata only; full-text access not yet checked.
- Lesson mapping: Background or peripheral citation; placement unreviewed.

## Two-sentence summary

This work addresses Focused ultrasound-facilitated brain drug delivery using optimized nanodroplets: vaporization efficiency dictates large molecular delivery.
Experiments performed remain unverified pending methods or explicit abstract evidence.

## Provenance

Canonical metadata: https://api.crossref.org/works/10.1088%2F1361-6560%2Faaa30d

Venue: Physics in Medicine & Biology

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## Applicability and gaps

Project-specific thresholds and transfer performance remain unverified.