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Published in final edited form as: Med Phys. 2023 Sep 13;50(12):7478–7497. doi: 10.1002/mp.16733

Table 3.

Summary of the transmit, acquisition, and data processing parameters employed during benchtop and in vivo experiments.

Type	Pressure [Increment] (MPa)	Target [Spacing (mm)]	PRF (Hz)	Rx (kHz)	Injected Nanodroplet Concentration (p/mL)	Injection	Acquisition	PAM Voxel Size (mm)	SR Mesh Size (mm)
Imaging PSF	0.05 – 0.18, [0.01]	2×1/sec, [2]	0.5	612	10⁷	gravity driven, 3.2mL/min	2fr×18rd× 14steps×1acq	0.25	N/A
Imaging PSF	0.05 – 0.18, [0.01]	2×1/sec, [2]		1224	10⁷		2fr×18rd× 14steps×1acq	0.125	N/A
Tube Phantom	0.19	9×1/sec, [2.5]		612	10⁶		9fr×110rd×4acq	0.25	0.025
Tube Phantom	0.17	9×5/sec, [2.5]		1224	10⁸		45fr×22rd×5acq	0.125	0.025
In vivo	0.22	single	50	612	10¹¹	0.4mL×3 boluses	50fr×67rd ×3acq/inj	0.25	0.025
In vivo	0.22	single	50	1224	10¹¹	0.4mL×3 boluses	50fr×67rd ×3acq/inj	0.125	0.025

Rx: receive; fr: frame, formed by beamforming RF data at one target; rd: round, formed by the number of frames within one trigger interval; acq: acquisition, stopping when the selected buffer sizes on SonixDAQs are filled; inj: injection.