Stabilized bubbles in the body: Pressure-radius relationships and the limits to stabilization

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2045-2053

  Van Liew, Hugh D ^a   Raychaudhuri, Soumya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble nuclei; Cavitation; Decompression sickness; Surface active films; Surfactants; Ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030925963     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.6.2045     Document Type: Article

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