Histotripsy beyond the intrinsic cavitation threshold using very short ultrasound pulses: Microtripsy

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 251-265

  Lin, Kuang Wei ^a   Kim, Yohan ^a   Maxwell, Adam ^a   Wang, Tzu Yin ^a   Hall, Timothy ^a   Xu, Zhen ^a   Fowlkes, J ^a   Cain, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC ABSORPTION;

CAVITATION THRESHOLDS; LOWER PRESSURES; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCIES; RED BLOOD CELL; SPATIAL EXTENT; THERAPY TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASOUND PULSE;

CAVITATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOG; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; KIDNEY; LITHOTRIPSY; LIVER; RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; DOGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; KIDNEY; LITHOTRIPSY; LIVER; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84893840496     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2014.6722611     Document Type: Article

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