An Efficient Treatment Strategy for Histotripsy by Removing Cavitation Memory

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 753-766

  Wang, Tzu Yin ^a   Xu, Zhen ^a   Hall, Timothy L ^a   Fowlkes, J Brian ^a,b   Cain, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation memory; Efficient treatments; Histotripsy; Homogeneous lesions

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION BUBBLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; DIRECT VISUALIZATION; EFFICIENT TREATMENT; EX-VIVO; HISTOTRIPSY; HOMOGENEOUS LESIONS; HOMOGENEOUS TISSUES; HOST MEDIUMS; INHOMOGENEOUS TISSUES; MEMORY EFFECTS; PHANTOM STUDIES; PULSED CAVITATIONAL ULTRASOUND THERAPY; RANDOM LOCATION; REAL TIME; RED BLOOD CELL; TARGET VOLUMES; TISSUE PHANTOM; ULTRASOUND PULSE;

HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; TISSUE; VISUALIZATION;

CAVITATION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; EX VIVO STUDY; HISTOTRIPSY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ANIMALS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DOGS; ERYTHROCYTES; LIVER; ULTRASONIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 84862787165     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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