Neuromodulation management of chronic neuropathic pain in the central nervous system

K Yu, X Niu, B He - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Neuromodulation is a clinical tool used for treating chronic neuropathic pain by transmitting
controlled physical energy to the pre‐identified neural targets in the central nervous system …

Reversible neuroinhibition by focused ultrasound is mediated by a thermal mechanism

DP Darrow, P O'Brien, TJ Richner, TI Netoff, ES Ebbini - Brain stimulation, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) at low intensities has been reported to
directly evoke responses and reversibly inhibit function in the central nervous system. While …

Imaging-based internal body temperature measurements: The journal Temperature toolbox

J Raiko, K Koskensalo, T Sainio - Temperature, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Noninvasive imaging methods of internal body temperature are in high demand in both
clinical medicine and physiological research. Thermography and thermometry can be used …

Dense speed-of-sound shift imaging for ultrasonic thermometry

T Grutman, T Ilovitsh - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Develop a dense algorithm for calculating the speed-of-sound shift between
consecutive acoustic acquisitions as a noninvasive means to evaluating temperature …

[HTML][HTML] Photoacoustic temperature imaging based on multi-wavelength excitation

L Meng, O Deschaume, L Larbanoix, E Fron, C Bartic… - Photoacoustics, 2019 - Elsevier
Building further upon the high spatial resolution offered by ultrasonic imaging and the high
optical contrast yielded by laser excitation of photoacoustic imaging, and exploiting the …

Noninvasive calibrated tissue temperature estimation using backscattered energy of acoustic harmonics

E Shaswary, H Assi, C Yang, JC Kumaradas… - Ultrasonics, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose A real-time and non-invasive thermometry technique is essential in thermal
therapies to monitor and control the treatment. Ultrasound is an attractive thermometry …

3D synthetic aperture imaging with a therapeutic spherical random phased array for transcostal applications

M Zubair, RJ Dickinson - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Experimental validation of a synthetic aperture imaging technique using a therapeutic
random phased array is described, demonstrating the dual nature of imaging and therapy of …

Low-COST THERMOCHROMIC quality assurance phantom for therapeutic ultrasound devices: A proof of concept

M Eames, Z Larrabee, A Hananel, F Padilla… - Ultrasound in Medicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) transducer acoustic output can vary over time as a
result of an inconsistent power supply, damage to the transducer or deterioration over time …

Acoustic beam mapping for guiding HIFU therapy in vivo using sub-therapeutic sound pulse and passive beamforming

X Zhou, Y Wang, Y Li, Y Zhao, T Shan… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: Although HIFU has been successfully applied in various clinical applications in
the past two decades for the ablation of many types of tumors, one bottleneck in its wider …

Evaluating HIFU‐mediated local drug release using thermal strain imaging: Phantom and preliminary in‐vivo studies

FF Lee, Q He, J Gao, A Pan, S Sun, X Liang… - Medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose High‐intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)‐mediated drug release becomes a
promising therapeutic technique for treatment of cancer, which has merits of deep …