Why are short pulses more efficient in tissue erosion using pulsed cavitational ultrasound therapy (histotripsy)?

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1215, Issue , 2010, Pages 40-43

  Wang, Tzu Yin ^a   Maxwell, Adam D ^a   Park, Simone ^a   Xu, Zhen ^a   Fowlkes, J Brian ^a   Cain, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble cloud; Bubble dynamics; Histotripsy; Tissue erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949883893     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3367193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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