Subharmonic scattering of phospholipid-shell microbubbles at low acoustic pressure amplitudes

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1762-1771

  Frinking, Peter J A ^a   Gaud, Emmanuel ^a   Brochot, Jean ^a   Arditi, Marcel ^a  

^a Bracco Suisse SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CENTER; ACOUSTIC PRESSURE AMPLITUDE; BUBBLE SIZE; COMPRESSION-ONLY BEHAVIOR; HEART CAVITIES; HUMAN BODIES; MICROBUBBLES; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; OVER-PRESSURES; OVERPRESSURE; PRESSURE-TIME CURVES; SUB-HARMONIC RESPONSE; SUBHARMONIC SCATTERING; SUBHARMONICS; SURFACE TENSION VALUES; TIME CURVES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; SURFACE TENSION; ULTRASOUND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; MICROBUBBLES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PRESSURE; SURFACE TENSION; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 77955364196     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1614     Document Type: Article

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