Shock-Induced Heating and Millisecond Boiling in Gels and Tissue Due to High Intensity Focused Ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 250-267

  Canney, Michael S ^a   Khokhlova, Vera A ^a,b   Bessonova, Olga V ^b   Bailey, Michael R ^a   Crum, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Boiling; Cavitation; Fiber optic hydrophone; HIFU; High intensity focused ultrasound; KZK; Nonlinear Acoustics; Weak shock theory

Indexed keywords

BOVINE LIVER; DISTORTED WAVES; DRIVE VOLTAGE; EX-VIVO; FIBER-OPTIC HYDROPHONE; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; HIFU; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HIGHER HARMONICS; INDUCED HEATING; INTENSITY LEVELS; NON-LINEAR ACOUSTICS; NON-LINEAR HEATING; NONLINEAR EFFECT; NONLINEAR MODELING; NONLINEAR PROPAGATION; PEAK INTENSITY; TRANSPARENT TISSUE; ULTRASOUND WAVES; WAVE FORMS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CAVITATION; HEATING; HYDROPHONES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SHOCK WAVES; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS; WAVES;

HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COW; DIGITAL IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; FIBER OPTICS; GEL; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK WAVE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; GELS; HOT TEMPERATURE; LIVER; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SHOCK; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 74849103216     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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