Relationship between size and frequency dependent attenuation of monodisperse populations of lipid coated microbubbles

Bubble Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 41-47

  Gong, Y ^a   Cabodi, M ^a   Porter, T ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustics; attenuation; flow focusing; microbubbles; microfluidic device; monodispersion; phospholipids; ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; FLOW FOCUSING; MICROBUBBLES; MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE; MONO DISPERSIONS; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT;

ACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FOCUSING; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYDISPERSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 78651582155     PISSN: 17588960     EISSN: 17588979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1758897910Y.0000000002     Document Type: Article

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