Mechanisms of microbubble-vessel interactions and induced stresses: A numerical study

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1875-1885

  Hosseinkhah, N ^a   Chen, H ^b   Matula, T J ^b   Burns, P N ^a   Hynynen, K ^a  

^a Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLLAPSE; BUBBLE EXPANSION; CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRESS; INDUCED STRESS; ULTRA HIGH SPEED; VASCULAR DAMAGE; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

BLOOD VESSELS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

EXPANSION;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INJURY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MESENTERY; MICROBUBBLE; MICROVASCULATURE; OSCILLOMETRY; PRESSURE; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULARIZATION; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MESENTERY; MICROBUBBLES; MICROVESSELS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OSCILLOMETRY; PRESSURE; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84883401359     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4817843     Document Type: Article

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