Apart from its clinical use in imaging, ultrasound has been thoroughly investigated as a tool
to enhance drug delivery in a wide variety of applications. Therapeutic ultrasound, as such …

In the last couple of decades, ultrasound-driven microbubbles have proven excellent
candidates for local drug delivery applications. Besides being useful drug carriers …

The literature describing the use of low-intensity ultrasound in four major areas of cancer
therapy—sonodynamic therapy, ultrasound-mediated chemotherapy, ultrasound-mediated …

Sonodynamic therapy is a potential cancer treatment modality that has been gaining support
due to its effectiveness in both in vitro and in vivo studies. The therapeutic method combines …

At present, cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Treatment failure
remains one of the prime hurdles in cancer treatment due to the metastatic nature of cancer …

During the past decade, ultrasound has expanded medical imaging well beyond the
“traditional” radiology setting: a combination of portability, low cost, and ease of use makes …

Purpose: Preclinical and clinical data indicate that contrast-enhanced ultrasound can
enhance tumor perfusion and vessel permeability, thus, improving chemotherapy …

It is well established that the interaction of ultrasound with soft tissues can induce a wide
range of bioeffects. One of the most important and complex of these interactions in the …

The combination of microbubbles and ultrasound has emerged as a promising method for
local drug delivery. Microbubbles can be locally activated by a targeted ultrasound beam …

Background: There has been growing interest in nanobubbles for their potential to extend
bubble-mediated ultrasound approaches beyond that of their larger microbubble …