Table 1.

Summary of the methods of foam characterisation employed in the present study.

Equipment	Analysis	Supplier
Glass-plate method	Bubble size and bubble size distribution	In-house method developed at BTG
Sympatec QICPIC	Bubble size and bubble size distribution	Sympatec Ltd., Bury, Lancashire, UK
Turbiscan™ LAB	FHT and FDT (foam stability)	Formulaction SAS, L’Union, France
Biomimetic vein model	Foam dwell time/degradation rate (foam stability)	In-house method developed at University of Southampton