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Robert A. Freitas Jr., Nanomedicine, Volume I: Basic Capabilities, Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, TX, 1999

7.2.2 Acoustic Broadcast Communication

Communication by acoustic waves is a highly useful channel for information transfer in nanomedicine. Previous Chapters have described the reception of acoustic energy in sensing (Sections 4.5, 4.8.2 and 4.9.1) and in the transfer of power (Sections 6.3.3, 6.4.1 and 6.4.3.3). Issues remaining to be addressed here include the generation of ultrasonic radiation by nanorobots (Section 7.2.2.1) and free-tissue acoustic channel bandwidths available in the human body (Section 7.2.2.2). Acoustic cables and transmission lines are treated in Section 7.2.5.3.

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