Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Current and emerging therapeutic uses of focused ultrasound

M Lafond, T Lambin, RA Drainville, A Dupré, M Pioche… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an increasingly prevalent
form of cancer with a low patient survival rate following diagnosis. Focused Ultrasound is an …

Binary acoustic metasurfaces for dynamic focusing of transcranial ultrasound

Z Hu, Y Yang, L Xu, Y Hao, H Chen - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) is a promising technique for non-invasive and
spatially targeted neuromodulation and treatment of brain diseases. Acoustic lenses were …

Therapeutic ultrasound transducer technology and monitoring techniques: a review with clinical examples

M Lafond, A Payne, C Lafon - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The exponential growth of therapeutic ultrasound applications demonstrates the power of
the technology to leverage the combinations of transducer technology and treatment …

Airy-beam-enabled binary acoustic metasurfaces for underwater ultrasound-beam manipulation

Z Hu, Y Yang, L Xu, Y Jing, H Chen - Physical review applied, 2022 - APS
Airy beams are peculiar beams that are nondiffracting, self-accelerating, and self-healing,
and they have offered great opportunities for ultrasound-beam manipulation. However, one …

Characterization of the targeting accuracy of a neuronavigation-guided transcranial FUS system in vitro, in vivo, and in silico

L Xu, CP Pacia, Y Gong, Z Hu, CY Chien… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Focused ultrasound (FUS)-enabled liquid biopsy (sonobiopsy) is an emerging technique for
the noninvasive and spatiotemporally controlled diagnosis of brain cancer by inducing blood …

Experimental demonstration of trans-skull volumetric passive acoustic mapping with the heterogeneous angular spectrum approach

S Schoen, P Dash, CD Arvanitis - IEEE transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Real-time, 3-D, passive acoustic mapping (PAM) of microbubble dynamics during
transcranial focused ultrasound (FUS) is essential for optimal treatment outcomes. The …

A PVDF Receiver for Acoustic Monitoring of Microbubble-Mediated Ultrasound Brain Therapy

Y Lin, MA O'Reilly, K Hynynen - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The real-time monitoring of spectral characteristics of microbubble (MB) acoustic emissions
permits the prediction of increases in blood–brain barrier (BBB) permeability and of tissue …

Passive cavitation detection with a needle hydrophone array

Z Jiang, K Sujarittam, BI Yildiz… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Therapeutic ultrasound and microbubble technologies seek to drive systemically
administered microbubbles into oscillations that safely manipulate tissue or release drugs …

Optimization of 3D Passive Acoustic Mapping Image Metrics: Impact of Sensor Geometry and Beamforming Approach

S Therre, M Fournelle, S Tretbar - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Three-dimensional passive acoustic mapping (PAM) with matrix arrays typically suffers from
high demands on the receiving electronics and high computational load. In our study, we …

Estimating viscoelastic, soft material properties using a modified Rayleigh cavitation bubble collapse time

J Yang, A McGhee, G Radtke, M Rodriguez… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Accurate determination of high strain rate (> 10 3 1/s) constitutive properties of soft materials
remains a formidable challenge. Albeit recent advancements among experimental …