Cavitation in Biomedicine Principles and Techniques
This book offers a systematic introduction to the engineering principles and techniques of cavitation in biomedicine on the basis of its physics and mechanism. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, it covers areas of interest ranging from physics and e
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tation in Biomedicine Principles and Techniques
Cavitation in Biomedicine
Mingxi Wan Yi Feng Gail ter Haar •
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Cavitation in Biomedicine Principles and Techniques
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Editors Mingxi Wan Department of Biomedical Engineering Xi’an Jiaotong University Xi’an China
Gail ter Haar Joint Department of Physics, Division of Radiotherapy & Imaging The Institute of Cancer Research Sutton, Surrey UK
Yi Feng Department of Biomedical Engineering Xi’an Jiaotong University Xi’an China
ISBN 978-94-017-7254-9 DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-7255-6
ISBN 978-94-017-7255-6
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Foreword
Acoustic cavitation is one of those fundamental scientific concepts that play an important role in almost every application that involves nearly all liquid-based environments that support a propagating acoustic wave. Because the acoustic wave involves successive compressions and rarefactions, if the propagating environment permits that environment to fail under tension, then acoustic cavitation of one form or another is generated. It may involve the violent fracture of a liquid under enormous negative pressures or the simple oscillation of a preexisting gas bubble under very modest acoustic intensities. It can exist in every liquid that has been investigated, with a wide range of inception thresholds, and in the most delicate tissues of the body, it can have both positive and negative implications. Accordingly, it is a topic of enormous breadth and relevance and must be considered whenever such acoustic propagation is considered. This book examines acoustic cavitation principally from it potential application to the general area of medical ultrasound, and primarily with regard to
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