Bubble Bench

Bubble Bench

Gas, shell, size and sound: how a microbubble survives in blood, rings under ultrasound and is switched on at the focus

Model simulation, not experimental data
Model simulation, not experimental dataSchematic 3-D bench, not to scale
model time
1 · Birth

Chapters

seed 2026

Keys: 1 to 7 chapters, 0 whole bench, space play or pause, R restart, V reset view. Drag the stage to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom. With the guided sweep on, each chapter ramps its key setting; moving that slider takes over by hand.

Bench settings

Bubble

Ultrasound

Beam in tissue

FDA derating model 0.3; real tissues are often higher

Blood and generator

Live readout

Values come from the model at the current settings (water, 20-cycle pulse). Harmonic levels of coated bubbles are overstated by the kinked shell law (see Model).