| Document ID (ISN) | 22524 |
| CIS number |
75-536 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
Aerospace Medicine |
| Year |
1974 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Rubissow G.J., Mackay R.S. |
| Title |
Decompression study and control using ultrasonics. |
| Bibliographic information |
May 1974, Vol.45, No.5, p.473-478. Illus. 26 ref. |
| Abstract |
An interface between a gas and tissue or blood is an excellent reflector of sound and thus small bubbles interact strongly with ultrasonic beams and are readily noticed. By direct ultrasonic observation on intact human and animal subjects, it was demonstrated that bubbles are involved in decompression sickness and these may appear at the site of discomfort rather than being only central. Recompression bubble showers were seen. Silent bubbles were demonstrated and also safe ascent rate using ultrasonically controlled decompression to limit bubble size to a threshold value. Overpressure can be measured in individual tissues by adjusting ambient pressure so that bubbles neither decay nor grow. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
decompression sickness; ultrasonic testing; diving; bubble formation |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
decompression; human experiments; animal experiments |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Construction industry
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Hyperbaric pressure
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