elastic waves

Elastography is a non-invasive technique to detect tissue anomalies via the local elastic modulus using shear waves. Commonly shear waves are produced via acoustic focusing or the use of mechanical external sources, shear waves may result also naturally from cavitation bubbles during medical intervention, for example from thermal ablation. Here, we measure the shear wave emitted from a well-controlled single laser-induced cavitation bubble oscillating near a rigid boundary. The bubbles are generated in a transparent tissue-mimicking hydrogel embedded with tracer particles.

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Ultrasonic flowmeters that use transit-time ultrasonic transducers face measurement errors due to ``crosstalk,'' whereby the working signal travels through the pipe wall and couplings, interfering with the signal from the fluid.  Although various procedures have been proposed to solve the issue of crosstalk, they're limited to low-frequency ranges, or they are not effective in high-pressure environments.

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