@inproceedings{amurthur97a,
  author = {B. S. Amurthur and J. A. Viator and S. A. Prahl},
  title = {Acoustic Cavitation Events During Microsecond Irradiation of Aqueous Solutions},
  booktitle = {SPIE Proceedings of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiovascular Interventions VII},
  year = {1997},
  editor = {R. R. Anderson and others},
  pages = {4--9},
  volume = {2970},
  abstract = {Previous experimental studies have investigated photospallation in tissue ablation during laser irradiation with nanosecond laser pulses. However, sub-threshold cavitation effects during laser ablation with microsecond pulses have not been reported. The primary focus of our study is to analyze laser induced acoustic transient generation during microsecond ablation of aqueous solutions at temperatures much below 100 degrees centigrade. Simultaneous imaging using laser flash photography confirmed formation of bubbles at temperature rise of 11 degrees centigrade. We used a simple model to analyze the effect of stress confinement in the given operating conditions. The implications of this study in the context of tissue ablation has been discussed.},
}