Using light scattering to measure the response of individual ultrasound contrast microbubbles subjected to pulsed ultrasound in vitro

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2832-2842

  Guan, Jingfeng ^a   Matula, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; OSCILLATIONS; SOLUTIONS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

MICROBUBBLES; RADIAL PULSATION; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BATH; DYNAMICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LINEAR SYSTEM; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

GELS; LASERS; LIGHT; LINEAR MODELS; MICROBUBBLES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PRESSURE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 9644260542     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1795334     Document Type: Article

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