The coupling of waves between the piezoelectric generators, detectors, and propagating
media is challenging due to mismatch in the acoustic properties. The mismatch leads to the …

The purpose of this review is to summarise a literature survey on thermal thresholds for
tissue damage. This review covers published literature for the consecutive years from 2002 …

Ultrasonic biophysics is the study of mechanisms responsible for how ultrasound and
biological materials interact. Ultrasound-induced bioeffect or risk studies focus on issues …

OBJECTIVE This work evaluated the clinical feasibility of transcranial magnetic resonance
imaging–guided focused ultrasound surgery. METHODS Transcranial magnetic resonance …

Biomedical acoustics is rapidly evolving from a diagnostic modality into a therapeutic tool,
and acoustic cavitation is often the common denominator in a wide range of new therapeutic …

It has long been shown that therapeutic ultrasound can be used effectively to ablate solid
tumors, and a variety of cancers are presently being treated in the clinic using these types of …

Acoustic cavitation has been shown to play a key role in a wide array of novel therapeutic
ultrasound applications. This paper presents a brief discussion of the physics of thermally …

MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) surgery is a noninvasive thermal ablation
method that uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for target definition, treatment …

Focused ultrasound surgery (FUS) is a noninvasive image-guided therapy and an
alternative to surgical interventions. It presents an opportunity to revolutionize cancer …

High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) or focused ultrasound (FUS) is a promising
modality to treat tumors in a complete, non invasive fashion where online image guidance …