Acoustic method for real-time visualization of microbubble movements and rupture

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1183-1186

  Guidi, Francesco ^a   Boni, Enrico ^a   Tortoli, Piero ^a   Arditi, Marcel ^b   Frinking, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Bracco Suisse SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAMERAS; DEMODULATION; DISTILLATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; THERMOPLASTICS; TRANSCEIVERS; TRANSDUCERS;

DOPPLER DISPLAYS; MICROBUBBLES; ULTRASONIC FIELDS;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 4143067822     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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