Ultrasound is widely used for medical diagnosis and increasingly for therapeutic purposes.
An understanding of the bio-effects of sonography is important for clinicians and scientists …

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

The development of ultrasound contrast agents, containing encapsulated microbubbles, has
increased the possibilities for diagnostic imaging. Ultrasound contrast agents are currently …

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 …

Phase-change contrast agents (PCCAs) for ultrasound-based applications have resulted in
novel ways of approaching diagnostic and therapeutic techniques beyond what is possible …

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) and conventional B-mode ultrasound (US) imaging
were synchronized to develop a system for real-time visualization of HIFU treatment. The …

Clinically available thrombolysis techniques are limited by either slow reperfusion (drugs) or
invasiveness (catheters) and carry significant risks of bleeding. In this study, the feasibility of …

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has been shown to generate lesions that destroy
brain tissue while disrupting the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in the periphery of the lesion. BBB …

High-intensity focused ultrasound therapy is a novel, emerging, therapeutic modality that
uses ultrasound waves, propagated through tissue media, as carriers of energy. This …

This paper reviews ultrasound imaging methods for the guidance of therapeutic focused
ultrasound (USgFUS), with emphasis on real-time preclinical methods. Guidance is …