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A Passive Acoustic Device for Real-Time Monitoring of the Efficacy of Shockwave Lithotripsy Treatment by Leighton, T.G, Fedele, F, Coleman, A.J, McCarthy, C, Ryves, S, Hurrell, A.M, De Stefano, A, White, P.R

“…Abstract Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) is the preferred modality for the treatment of renal and ureteric stone disease. Currently X-ray or…”
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Bubble population phenomena in acoustic cavitation by Leighton, T.G

“…Theoretical treatments of the dynamics of a single bubble in a pressure field have been undertaken for many decades. Although there is still scope for…”
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Visco–inertial absorption in dilute suspensions of irregular particles by Richards, S.D, Leighton, T.G, Brown, N.R

“…The presence of mineral particles in suspension results in excess acoustic attenuation which may be significant for high‐frequency (tens to hundreds of…”
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Measurement of the In Situ Compressional Wave Properties of Marine Sediments by Robb, G.B.N., Best, A.I., Dix, J.K., White, P.R., Leighton, T.G., Bull, J.M., Harris, A.

“…Geoacoustic inversion requires a generic knowledge of the frequency dependence of compressional wave properties in marine sediments, the nature of which is…”
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Shock-induced collapse of a cylindrical air cavity in water: a Free-Lagrange simulation by Ball, G.J., Howell, B.P., Leighton, T.G., Schofield, M.J.

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Assuring the integrity of offshore carbon dioxide storage by Connelly, D.P., Bull, J.M., Flohr, A., Schaap, A., Koopmans, D., Blackford, J.C., White, P.R., James, R.H., Pearce, C., Lichtschlag, A., Achterberg, E.P., de Beer, D., Roche, B., Li, J., Saw, K., Alendal, G., Avlesen, H., Brown, R., Borisov, S.M., Böttner, C., Cazenave, P.W., Chen, B., Dale, A.W., Dean, M., Dewar, M., Esposito, M., Gros, J., Hanz, R., Haeckel, M., Hosking, B., Huvenne, V., Karstens, J., Le Bas, T., Leighton, T.G., Linke, P., Loucaides, S., Matter, J.M., Monk, S., Mowlem, M.C., Oleynik, A., Omar, A.M., Peel, K., Provenzano, G., Saleem, U., Schmidt, M., Schramm, B., Sommer, S., Strong, J., Falcon Suarez, I., Ungerboeck, B., Widdicombe, S., Wright, H., Yakushev, E.

“…Carbon capture and storage is a key mitigation strategy proposed for keeping the global temperature rise below 1.5 °C. Offshore storage can provide up to 13%…”
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A cold water, ultrasonically activated stream efficiently removes proteins and prion-associated amyloid from surgical stainless steel by Secker, T.J., Leighton, T.G., Offin, D.G., Birkin, P.R., Hervé, R.C., Keevil, C.W.

“…Sterile service department decontamination procedures for surgical instruments struggle to demonstrate efficient removal of the hardiest infectious…”
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Removal of Dental Biofilms with an Ultrasonically Activated Water Stream by Howlin, R.P., Fabbri, S., Offin, D.G., Symonds, N., Kiang, K.S., Knee, R.J., Yoganantham, D.C., Webb, J.S., Birkin, P.R., Leighton, T.G., Stoodley, P.

“…Acidogenic bacteria within dental plaque biofilms are the causative agents of caries. Consequently, maintenance of a healthy oral environment with efficient…”
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Acoustic emission and sonoluminescence due to cavitation at the beam focus of an electrohydraulic shock wave lithotripter by Coleman, A J, Choi, M J, Saunders, J E, Leighton, T G

“…The acoustic emission from cavitation in the field of an extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter has been studied using a lead zirconate titanate piezoceramic…”
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Cold water cleaning of brain proteins, biofilm and bone - harnessing an ultrasonically activated stream by Birkin, P R, Offin, D G, Vian, C J B, Howlin, R P, Dawson, J I, Secker, T J, Hervé, R C, Stoodley, P, Oreffo, R O C, Keevil, C W, Leighton, T G

“…In the absence of sufficient cleaning of medical instruments, contamination and infection can result in serious consequences for the health sector and remains…”
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Applied acoustics special issue on: ‘The detection of buried marine targets’ by Leighton, T.G.

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The Rayleigh–Plesset equation in terms of volume with explicit shear losses by Leighton, T.G.

“…The most common nonlinear equation of motion for the damped pulsation of a spherical gas bubble in an infinite body of liquid is the Rayleigh–Plesset equation,…”
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Issues relating to the use of a 61.5dB conversion factor when comparing airborne and underwater anthroprogenic noise levels by Finfer, D.C., Leighton, T.G., White, P.R.

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Issues relating to the use of a 61.5 dB conversion factor when comparing airborne and underwater anthroprogenic noise levels by Finfer, D.C., Leighton, T.G., White, P.R.

“…Although a considerable amount of the current underwater acoustics literature deals with the proper documentation and analysis of underwater anthropogenic…”
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The detection by sonar of difficult targets (including centimetre-scale plastic objects and optical fibres) buried in saturated sediment by Leighton, T.G., Evans, R.C.P.

“…This paper reports on a laboratory study into the use of sonar to detect objects, two of which exhibit a poor acoustic impedance mismatch with the…”
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Localisation of sperm whales using bottom-mounted sensors by White, P.R., Leighton, T.G., Finfer, D.C., Powles, C., Baumann, O.N.

“…This paper describes the results of applying acoustic localisation methods to data from a free ranging sperm whale ( Phyester macrocephalus) recorded using an…”
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Oceanic bubble population measurements using a buoy-deployed combination frequency technique by Phelps, A.D., Leighton, T.G.

“…This paper presents the results of using a combination frequency acoustic technique to measure the near-surface bubble population in the open sea. The…”
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Comparison of the abilities of eight acoustic techniques to detect and size a single bubble by Leighton, T.G., Phelps, A.D., Ramble, D.G., Sharpe, D.A.

“…This paper details the preliminary results from the Characterisation Of Bubbles Using Simulataneous Techniques (COBUST). There are a range of acoustic…”
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Sonoluminescence from the unstable collapse of a conical bubble by Leighton, T.G., Ho, W.L., Flaxman, R.

“…An experimental bubble collapse is designed such that a gas bubble expands slowly into a conical hollow through a reduction in the static pressure. When this…”
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The bactericidal effects of dental ultrasound on Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis by O'Leary, R., Sved, A.M., Davies, E.H., Leighton, T.G., Wilson, M., Kieser, J. B.

“…This study investigated the possible bactericidal acoustic effects of the dental ultrasonic sealer. Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas…”
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