Cavitation selectively reduces the negative-pressure phase of lithotripter shock pulses.

ABSTRACT: Measurements using a fiber-optic probe hydrophone, high-speed camera, and B-mode ultrasound showed attenuation of the trailing negative-pressure phase of a lithotripter shock pulse under conditions that favor generation of cavitation bubbles, such as in water with a high content of dissolved gas or at high pulse repetition rate where more cavitation nuclei persisted between pulses. This cavitation-mediated attenuation of the acoustic pulse was also observed to increase with increasing amplitude of source discharge potential, such that the negative-pressure phase of the pulse can remain fixed in amplitude even with increasing source discharge potential.

SUBMITTER: Pishchalnikov YA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2743497 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature