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On the basis of a numerical solution to the equation of radial oscillations of a gas bubble in a liquid, the abilities of nonlinear acoustic methods in detecting gas bubbles in biological tissues with the use of pulsed acoustic location are analyzed. It is demonstrated that, with moderate amplitudes of the probing signal, it is possible to detect bubbles whose size is close to resonance. An improved version of the method of paired pulses is proposed, along with a method for detecting the bubbles and measuring their dimensions on the basis of a nonlinear excitation of their natural oscillations.
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Translated from Akusticheski\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Zhurnal, Vol. 51, No. 2, 2005, pp. 259–267.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by A. Mansfel’d, D. Mansfel’d, Re\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \)man.
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Mansfel’d, A.D., Mansfel’d, D.A. & Reiman, A.M. Abilities of nonlinear acoustic methods in locating gas bubbles in biological tissues. Acoust. Phys. 51, 209–217 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1884496
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