Therapeutic ultrasound strategies that harness the mechanical activity of cavitation nuclei for
beneficial tissue bio-effects are actively under development. The mechanical oscillations of …

Cavitation intensity is used to describe the activity of cavitation, and several methods are
developed to identify the intensity of cavitation. This work aimed to provide an overview and …

Histotripsy is a focused ultrasound therapy for non-invasive tissue ablation. Unlike thermally
ablative forms of therapeutic ultrasound, histotripsy relies on the mechanical action of …

Although no deleterious effects from diagnostic ultrasound have been reported in
epidemiologic studies and surveys of widespread clinical usage (Ziskin and Petitti 1988), the …

Therapeutic applications of ultrasound predate its use in imaging. A range of biological
effects can be induced by ultrasound, depending on the exposure levels used. At low levels …

A phase shift droplet emulsion is introduced as an aid to unusual ultrasound (US)
applications. The transpulmonary droplet emulsion (90%< 6 μm diameter) is made by mixing …

In this study, the negative pressure values at which inertial cavitation consistently occurs in
response to a single, two-cycle, focused ultrasound pulse were measured in several media …

2. Background of the Invention Diagnostic ultrasound refers to the imaging of a region of a
human or animal patient using an ultrasound transducer to generate and receive ultrasonic …

We investigate the limiting mechanical tension (negative pressure) that liquid water can
sustain before cavitation occurs. The temperature dependence of this quantity is of special …

Histotripsy is an ultrasound ablation method that depends on the initiation of a cavitation
bubble cloud to fractionate soft tissue. Previous work has indicated that a cavitation cloud …