Therapeutic ultrasound is an emerging field with many medical applications. High intensity
focused ultrasound (HIFU) provides the ability to localize the deposition of acoustic energy …

ContextExtracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has been used to treat calcific tendonitis
of the shoulder, but trials of ESWT for this purpose have had methodological deficiencies …

Shock wave lithotripsy has generally been a first choice for kidney stone removal. The shock
wave lithotripter uses an order of microsecond pulse durations and up to a 100 MPa …

Methods were investigated to acoustically control the extent to which cavitation-mediated
tissue homogenization is responsible for lesion formation in vitro. These results may guide …

Background and Purpose: There is strong evidence that cavitation bubble activity
contributes to stone breakage and that shockwave-bubble interactions are involved in the …

Ultrasound can be focused into deep tissues with millimeter precision to perform
noninvasive ablative therapy for diseases such as cancer. In most cases, this ablation uses …

Lithotripters produce a signature waveform, an acoustic shock wave. This pressure pulse, or
shock wave, is responsible for breaking stones. However, it is also responsible for collateral …

In vitro experiments and an elastic wave model were used to analyze how stress is induced
in kidney stones by lithotripsy and to test the roles of individual mechanisms—spallation …

In the medical ultrasound field, microbubbles have recently been the subject of much
interest. Controlling actively the effect of the microbubbles, a novel therapeutic method has …

The activation of natural gas nuclei to induce larger bubbles is possible using short
ultrasonic excitations of high amplitude, and is required for ultrasound cavitation therapies …