کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1761197 1019637 2010 15 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Three-Dimensional Modeling of the Dynamics of Therapeutic Ultrasound Contrast Agents
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه فیزیک و نجوم آکوستیک و فرا صوت
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Three-Dimensional Modeling of the Dynamics of Therapeutic Ultrasound Contrast Agents
چکیده انگلیسی
A 3-D thick-shell contrast agent dynamics model was developed by coupling a finite volume Navier-Stokes solver and a potential boundary element method flow solver to simulate the dynamics of thick-shelled contrast agents subjected to pressure waves. The 3-D model was validated using a spherical thick-shell model validated by experimental observations. We then used this model to study shell break-up during nonspherical deformations resulting from multiple contrast agent interaction or the presence of a nearby solid wall. Our simulations indicate that the thick viscous shell resists the contrast agent from forming a re-entrant jet, as normally observed for an air bubble oscillating near a solid wall. Instead, the shell thickness varies significantly from location to location during the dynamics, and this could lead to shell break-up caused by local shell thinning and stretching. (E-mail: ctsung@dynaflow-inc.com)
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology - Volume 36, Issue 12, December 2010, Pages 2065-2079
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