@inproceedings{90220a6f687943c584ce97574fdfb2e6,
title = "Determining thresholds for contrast agent collapse",
abstract = "Determining the threshold of fragmentation of ultrasound contrast agents is important for both imaging and therapeutic ultrasound applications. We detected acoustic emissions from Optison{\texttrademark} microbubbles that were insonified by pulses of ultrasound. Our observations suggest that when the microbubbles rupture, daughter bubbles are created which subsequently grow and then collapse on a time-scale of 1-5 μs. The emission from the {"}rebound{"} collapse occurs after the end of the excitation pulse and we used the presence of this signal to determine the thresholds for the shell rupture. These shell-disruption thresholds were found to increase with frequency and decrease with pulse length.",
author = "Ammi, {Azzdine Y.} and Jonathan Mamou and Wang, {Grace I.} and Cleveland, {Robin O.} and Bridal, {S. Lori} and {O 'Brien}, {William D.}",
year = "2004",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/ULTSYM.2004.1417736",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "0780384121",
series = "Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium",
pages = "346--349",
editor = "M.P. Yuhas",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 2004 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium",
note = "2004 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium ; Conference date: 23-08-2004 Through 27-08-2004",
}