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Acoustic parameters for the three insonation protocols. The peak negative pressure is reported as the maximum value at the external surface of the EKOS™ catheter. The order of schemes for protocol 3 was 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2.
| Protocol# | Scheme# | Electrical drive pulse power (W) |
Peak negative pressure (MPa) |
Pulse duration (ms) |
PRF (Hz) |
Duty cycle (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 18 | 0.95 | 3 | 50 | 15 |
| 2 | - | 18 | 0.95 | 15 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | 1 | 9 | 0.67 | 8.0 | 21 | 16.93 |
| 2 | 15 | 0.87 | 5.0 | 27 | 13.50 | |
| 3 | 30 | 1.20 | 6.9 | 21 | 14.41 | |
| 4 | 47 | 1.47 | 4.0 | 27 | 10.80 |
