Kuznetsova, Larisa A., Khanna, Sanjay, Amso, Nazar Najib ![]() |
Abstract
The behavior of human erythrocytes and 1-microm-diameter fluorescent latex beads in the presence of Optison contrast agent in a single half-wavelength (lambda/2) ultrasound standing wave (USSW) resonator has been studied. The particle movements were observed with an epi-fluorescent microscope and the velocity of the particles and cells was measured by particle image velocimetry (PIV). Acoustic emissions were monitored with a microphone and a spectrum analyzer. Optison contrast agent disintegrated immediately on exposure to ultrasound of 0.98-MPa acoustic pressure amplitude or higher in a chamber driven at its resonance frequency of 1.56 MHz. A discrete cloud of active microbubbles, detected at the pressure node plane, disappeared gradually and was completely lost within 15 s. The microscopy showed three-dimensional regions of circulation of both 1-microm tracer particles and erythrocytes in planes perpendicular to the pressure node plane. A numerical simulation showed that, for parameters that conform to the experimental conditions, a bubble of a subresonance size moves towards and translates about a pressure node plane. This result is in agreement with the experimental observation that the particle and cell circulation is induced by the presence and/or translational motion of microbubbles at the pressure node plane.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Medicine |
Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) T Technology > T Technology (General) |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | bubbles ; acoustic resonance ; acoustic emission ; acoustic streaming ; biomedical ultrasonics ; bioacoustics ; particle velocity analysis ; cellular biophysics ; microphones ; spectral analysers |
Publisher: | Acoustical Society of America |
ISSN: | 0001-4966 |
Last Modified: | 07 Nov 2022 09:11 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/33807 |
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