High-power low-frequency ultrasound: A review of tissue dissection and ablation in medicine and surgery

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 38-58

  O'Daly, Brendan J ^a,b   Morris, Edmund ^b   Gavin, Graham P ^c   O'Byrne, John M ^a   McGuinness, Garrett B ^b  

^a CAPPAGH NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering   (Ireland)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ablation; Cutting; Fragmentation; High power; Low frequency; Tissue; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; DENATURATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICINE; SURGERY; THERMAL EFFECTS; TISSUE;

DISSECTION; FRAGMENTATION; NECROSIS; TISSUE CUTTING;

ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

EID: 39949083578     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.11.041     Document Type: Review

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