Histotripsy: the first noninvasive, non-ionizing, non-thermal ablation technique based on ultrasound

Z Xu, TL Hall, E Vlaisavljevich… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Histotripsy is the first noninvasive, non-ionizing, and non-thermal ablation technology
guided by real-time imaging. Using focused ultrasound delivered from outside the body …

Nanotechnology for multimodal synergistic cancer therapy

W Fan, B Yung, P Huang, X Chen - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
The complexity, diversity, and heterogeneity of tumors seriously undermine the therapeutic
potential of treatment. Therefore, the current trend in clinical research has gradually shifted …

Piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducer (PMUT) arrays for integrated sensing, actuation and imaging

Y Qiu, JV Gigliotti, M Wallace, F Griggio, CEM Demore… - Sensors, 2015 - mdpi.com
Many applications of ultrasound for sensing, actuation and imaging require miniaturized and
low power transducers and transducer arrays integrated with electronic systems …

Thermal and mechanical high-intensity focused ultrasound: perspectives on tumor ablation, immune effects and combination strategies

RJE van den Bijgaart, DC Eikelenboom… - Cancer Immunology …, 2017 - Springer
Tumor ablation technologies, such as radiofrequency-, cryo-or high-intensity focused
ultrasound (HIFU) ablation will destroy tumor tissue in a minimally invasive manner. Ablation …

Sonoactivated chemodynamic therapy: a robust ROS generation nanotheranostic eradicates multidrug‐resistant bacterial infection

M Song, Y Cheng, Y Tian, C Chu… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although ultrasound‐based therapeutic strategies have achieved great success in the battle
against antibiotic‐resistant bacterial infections, various sonodynamic treatments still suffer …

[HTML][HTML] What is ultrasound?

TG Leighton - Progress in biophysics and molecular biology, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper is based on material presented at the start of a Health Protection Agency meeting
on ultrasound and infrasound. In answering the question 'what is ultrasound?', it shows that …

Therapeutic applications of lipid-coated microbubbles

EC Unger, T Porter, W Culp, R Labell… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2004 - Elsevier
Lipid-coated microbubbles represent a new class of agents with both diagnostic and
therapeutic applications. Microbubbles have low density. Stabilization of microbubbles by …

Piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducer technology: recent advances and applications

Y He, H Wan, X Jiang, C Peng - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The objective of this article is to review the recent advancement in piezoelectric
micromachined ultrasound transducer (PMUT) technology and the associated piezoelectric …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment effects in prostate cancer

AJ Evans - Modern Pathology, 2018 - Elsevier
Nonsurgical treatments for prostate cancer include androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT),
radiation therapy (RT), ablative therapies, chemotherapy, and newly emerging …

Exploration of Ultrasound‐Sensitive Biomaterials in Cancer Theranostics

Y Yang, H Liang, C Tang, Y Cheng… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is a serious health problem to be solved. With the development of biomaterials,
enhanced diagnostic and controllable therapeutic strategies for cancer have emerged …