Effect of contact with an elastic wall on the spectral characteristics of the scattered echo of a contrast microbubble

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Effect of contact with an elastic wall on the spectral characteristics of the scattered echo of a contrast

microbubble

Alexander Doinikov, Leila Aired, Ayache Bouakaz

To cite this version:

Alexander Doinikov, Leila Aired, Ayache Bouakaz. Effect of contact with an elastic wall on the spectral characteristics of the scattered echo of a contrast microbubble. Acoustics 2012, Apr 2012, Nantes, France. �hal-00810616�

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Effect of contact with an elastic wall on the spectral characteristics of the scattered echo of a contrast

microbubble

A. A. Doinikov, L. Aired and A. Bouakaz

INSERM U930 CNRS ERL3106, Universit´e Fran¸cois Rabelais, CHU Bretonneau, 2 Blvd.

Tonnell´e, 37044 Tours, France [email protected]

Proceedings of the Acoustics 2012 Nantes Conference 23-27 April 2012, Nantes, France

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