Influence of skin and subcutaneous tissue on high-intensity focused ultrasound beam: experimental quantification and numerical modeling

A Grisey, M Heidmann, V Letort, P Lafitte… - Ultrasound in medicine & …, 2016 - Elsevier
High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) enables the non-invasive thermal ablation of
tumors. However, numerical simulations of the treatment remain complex and difficult to …

Noninvasive vascular occlusion with HIFU for venous insufficiency treatment: preclinical feasibility experience in rabbits

N Barnat, A Grisey, B Lecuelle, J Anquez… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Venous insufficiency is a common disease arising when veins of the lower limb become
incompetent. A conventional surgical strategy consists in stripping the incompetent veins …

Efficacy and safety assessment of an ultrasound-based thermal treatment of varicose veins in a sheep model

N Barnat, A Grisey, B Gerold, S Yon… - International Journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Varicose veins are a common pathology that can be treated by endovenous
thermal procedures like radiofrequency ablation (RFA). Such catheter-based techniques …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative feasibility study for transcranial extracorporeal shock wave therapy

C Slezak, J Flatscher, P Slezak - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The potential beneficial regenerative and stimulatory extracorporeal shock wave therapy
(ESWT) applications to the central nervous system have garnered interest in recent years …

An incoherent HIFU transducer for treatment of the medial branch nerve: Numerical study and in vivo validation

J Chen, S LeBlang, A Hananel, R Aginsky… - International Journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Chronic back pain due to facet related degenerative changes affects 4-6 million
patients a year in the United States. Patients refractory to conservative therapy may warrant …

[PDF][PDF] Numerical study for optimizing parameters of high-intensity focused ultrasound-induced thermal field during liver tumor ablation: HIFU Simulator

S Gharloghi, M Gholami, A Haghparast… - Iranian journal of …, 2017 - researchgate.net
High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is considered a noninvasive and effective
technique for tumor ablation. Frequency and acoustic power are the most effective …

On-the-Fly Calculation of Time-Averaged Acoustic Intensity in Time-Domain Ultrasound Simulations Using a k-Space Pseudospectral Method

P Kleparnik, P Zemcik, BE Treeby… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a method to calculate the average acoustic intensity during ultrasound
simulation using a new approach that exploits compression of intermediate results. One of …

Vein wall shrinkage induced by thermal coagulation with high-intensity-focused ultrasound: numerical modeling and in vivo experiments in sheep

N Barnat, A Grisey, B Gerold, S Yon… - International Journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Varicose veins are a common disease that may significantly affect quality of life.
Different approaches are currently used in clinical practice to treat this pathology. Materials …

Numerical study of bubble cloud and thermal lesion evolution during acoustic droplet vaporization enhanced HIFU treatment

Y Xin, A Zhang, LX Xu… - Journal of …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Acoustic droplet vaporization (ADV) has been proven to enhance high intensity focused
ultrasound (HIFU) thermal ablation of tumor. It has also been demonstrated that triggering …

k-Dispatch: a workflow management system for the automated execution of biomedical ultrasound simulations on remote computing resources

M Jaros, BE Treeby, P Georgiou, J Jaros - Proceedings of the Platform …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Therapeutic ultrasound is increasingly being used for applications in oncology, drug
delivery, and neurostimulation. In order to adapt the treatment procedures to patient needs …