Ultrasonic bubbles in medicine: Influence of the shell

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 438-444

  Postema, Michiel ^a   Schmitz, Georg ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fragmentation threshold; Oscillation phase angle; Shell disruption; Shell elasticity; Shell friction; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; ENCAPSULATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MEDICINE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

FRAGMENTATION THRESHOLD; OSCILLATION PHASE ANGLE; SHELL DISRUPTION; SHELL ELASTICITY; SHELL FRICTION; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ENERGY; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; KINETICS; MICROBUBBLE; MICROENCAPSULATION; OSCILLATOR; PHYSICAL PHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33847301456     PISSN: 13504177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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