. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Aug 17.

Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2006 Jun;53(6):1130–1137. doi: 10.1109/tuffc.2006.1642511

Table I.

Comparison of correlation, error, relative expansion and decrease in diameter for two transmitted pressures and microbubbles with an initial diameter between 1.7 and 3.3 microns. * The signal to noise ratio did not permit accurate estimation of the echo correlation at the lower pressure.

Transmission pressure (kPa)	R-T correlation between theory and experiment based on (1)	R-T error (μm) between theory and experiment based on (2)	Echo correlation between theory and experiment based on (1)	Relative expansion (D_max/D₀)	Decrease in diameter (%) during pulse
330 (n=15)	0.76 ± 0.05	0.13 ± 0.02	n/a*	1.5 ± 0.3	14 ± 6
620 (n=15)	0.70 ± 0.08	0.29 ± 0.04	-	2.0 ± 0.2	36 ± 9
P value	0.03	2e-13	-	4e-6	1e-8