Thresholds for transient cavitation produced by pulsed ultrasound in a controlled nuclei environment

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 2059-2069

  Holland, Christy K ^a   Apfel, Robert E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTICS; BIOPHYSICS; BLOOD CELLS; HUMAN; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0025258575     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.400102     Document Type: Article

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