Current status of research on biophysical effects of ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 205-218

  Barnett, S B ^a   Ter Haar, G R ^b   Ziskin, M C ^c   Nyborg, W L ^d   Maeda, K ^e   Bang, J ^f  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Seirei Hammamatsu Hospital ^*  (Japan)

^f Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biological effects; Cavitation; Mechanisms; Temperature increase; Ultrasonic tissue effects; Ultrasound; Ultrasound safety

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CODES (STANDARDS); DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH HAZARDS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDIZATION; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

DOSIMETRIC STANDARDS; INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION TECHNICAL COMMITTEE 87; ULTRASOUND BIOEFFECTS; WORLD FEDERATION FOR ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOPHYSICS; CANCER GROWTH; CELL KINETICS; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBRYO; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TERATOGENICITY; THERMOREGULATION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

AIR; ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; EMBRYO AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; PREGNANCY; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0028329267     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(94)90060-4     Document Type: Review

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