Microfoam formation in a capillary

Ultrasonics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 260-268

  Kotopoulis, Spiros ^a,b   Postema, Michiel ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capillary blocking; Embolisation; Microfoam; Radiation forces; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY BLOCKING; EMBOLISATION; MICROFOAMS; RADIATION FORCES; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUOROCARBON; PERFLUTREN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROBUBBLE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUOROCARBONS; MICROBUBBLES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 71549126583     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2009.09.028     Document Type: Article

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