The sensitivity of biological tissue to ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 805-812

  Barnett, Stanley B ^a   Rott, Hans Dieter ^b   Ter Haar, Gail R ^c   Ziskin, Marvin C ^d   Maeda, Kazuo ^e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological effects; Blood cells; Cavitation; Diagnostic ultrasound; Pulsed ultrasound; Temperature increase; Tissue sensitivity; Ultrasonic tissue effects; Ultrasound safety

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; HEALTH RISKS; NEUROLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND; PULSED ULTRASOUND; TISSUE SENSITIVITY;

ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SAFETY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030800022     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00027-6     Document Type: Review

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