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Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2009 May;56(5):1006–1017. doi: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1132

Table III.

Summary of the effects of the various bulk fluid, droplet, and acoustic properties on the ADV and IC thresholds. Refer to Table II and Figs. 6–9 for each parameter and its corresponding ADV/IC data.

Properties	Parameter	ADV Threshold	IC Threshold
Bulk Fluid	Gas saturation	No effect	No effect
Bulk Fluid	Viscosity	Direct	Direct

Droplet	PFC superheat	Inverse (below boiling point) No effect (above boiling point)	Inverse (below boiling point) No effect (above boiling point)
	Diameter	Inverse (1–2.5 μm)	No effect
	Diameter	No effect (2.5 – 5 μm)	No effect
	Shell	No effect	No effect

Acoustic	PRF	No effect (multiple US exposures)	No effect (multiple US exposures)
Acoustic	Pulse width	No effect	Inverse