Measurement of surface acoustic waves in high-frequency ultrasound: Preliminary results

Author(s):  
Ana Cecilia Saavedra ◽  
Fernando Zvietcovich ◽  
Roberto J. Lavarello ◽  
Benjamin Castaneda
2003 ◽  
Vol 89 (03) ◽  
pp. 583-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Pfaffenberger ◽  
Branka Devcic-Kuhar ◽  
Karem El-Rabadi ◽  
Martin Gröschl ◽  
Walter Speidl ◽  
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SummaryIn addition to fibrinolytic enzymes, ultrasound has the potential to enhance thrombolysis. High frequency ultrasound has the advantage that a combination of diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound with only one device is possible. Therefore, we investigated the optimal high frequency (2 MHz) ultrasound field characteristics and application mode in vitro. Continuous ultrasound significantly enhanced rt-PA mediated thrombolysis: in a travelling wave field thrombolysis was augmented by 49.0 ± 14.7% and in a standing wave field by 34.8 ± 7.3%. In an intermittent application mode (1Hz, 10Hz, 100Hz, 1kHz) most efficient results were obtained for both wave fields using 1 Hz (46.4 ± 10.7% and 39.1 ± 6.6%, respectively). Referring to a possible in vivo application our in vitro data suggests that an intermittent application of a 2 MHz high frequency ultrasound using a travelling wave field would be the most potent application for lysing blood clots.


2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Szymańska ◽  
Andrzej Nowicki ◽  
K Mlosek ◽  
J Litniewski ◽  
M Lewandowski ◽  
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Medicine ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 98 (37) ◽  
pp. e17111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang-qin Gao ◽  
Xiao-mei Xue ◽  
Jian-kang Zhang ◽  
Fei Yan ◽  
Qiu-xia Mu

Author(s):  
Carolina Ávila de Almeida ◽  
Simone Guarçoni ◽  
Bruna Duque Estrada ◽  
Maria Carolina Zafra Páez ◽  
Clarissa Canella

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