Table 2.
In situ exposure parameters(mean ± standard deviation) for the Mechanical Index (MI) setting: PCPA, peak compressional pressure amplitude, PRPA, peak rarefactional pressure amplitude, PMPA, peak mean pressure amplitude, and ISPPA, spatial peak, pulse peak intensity.
| Setting MI |
PCPA MPa |
PRPA MPa |
PMPA MPa |
Isppa
W cm−2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.9 | 3.41 ± 0.29 | 2.13 ± 0.21 | 2.77 ± 0.18 | 170 ± 20 |
| 0.7 | 2.73 ± 0.22 | 1.71 ± 0.19 | 2.22 ± .016 | 114 ± 15 |
| 0.52 | 2.02 ± 0.20 | 1.34 ± 0.13 | 1.68 ± 0.14 | 75 ± 13 |
| 0.37 | 1.42 ± 0.12 | 1.02 ± 0.11 | 1.22 ± 0.11 | 40.5 ± 7.4 |
| 0.27 | 0.98 ± 0.09 | 0.76 ± 0.08 | 0.87 ± 0.09 | 20.8 ± 4.0 |
| 0.21 | 0.70 ± 0.06 | 0.55 ± 0.06 | 0.62 ± 0.06 | 10.4 ± 2.0 |