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An acoustic study of disruption of polymer-shelled bubbles [microbubble contrast agents]

Bevan et al., 2004

Document ID
17882290190376850865
Author
Bevan P
Karshafian R
Matsumura M
Tickner G
Burns P
Publication year
Publication venue
IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, 2004

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The goal of this study was to assess the threshold of disruption and the time-course of the subsequent acoustic response of four agents comprising gas encapsulated within a polymer shell. The four agents shared the same bubble diameter (/spl sim/4/spl mu/m), contained the …
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