Three‐dimensional passive localization of cavitation activity for quality assessment of clinical high‐intensity focused ultrasound devices.

2010 ◽  
Vol 128 (4) ◽  
pp. 2281-2281
Author(s):  
Stuart Faragher ◽  
Miklós Gyöngy ◽  
Jamie Collin ◽  
Mark Hodnett ◽  
Andrew Hurrell ◽  
...  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 585-588
Author(s):  
Benedikt George ◽  
Michael Fink ◽  
Helmut Ermert ◽  
Stefan J. Rupitsch ◽  
Pia T. Hiltl ◽  
...  

AbstractAn approach to improve chemotherapy, while minimizing side effects, is a local drug release close to the tumorous tissue. For this purpose, the active drug component is often bound to nanoparticles employed as drug carriers. In the present study, we investigate sonosensitive, biocompatible poly-(L)-lactic acid (PLA) nanoparticles, which shall be used as drug carriers. For drug release, High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) will be employed to introduce inertial cavitation, which separates the active drug component from the drug carrier. The cavitation effect generates an acoustic noise signal, which characterizes the cavitation activity and is expected to serve simultaneously as an indicator for the release of the active drug component. Depending on the ultrasound frequency, different acoustic levels of the inertial cavitation activity were measured. Investigations using a setup for passive cavitation detection (PCD) deliver quantitative results regarding the frequency dependence of the cavitation activity level of nanoparticles and reference media.


2018 ◽  
Vol 144 (3) ◽  
pp. 1824-1824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Bawiec ◽  
Christopher Hunter ◽  
Wayne Kreider ◽  
Adam D. Maxwell ◽  
Vera A. Khokhlova ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 125 (4) ◽  
pp. 2742-2742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Faragher ◽  
Miklós Gyöngy ◽  
Mark Hodnett ◽  
Adam Shaw ◽  
Constantin‐C. Coussios

2016 ◽  
Vol 140 (4) ◽  
pp. 2983-2983
Author(s):  
Tatiana Khokhlova ◽  
Christopher Hunter ◽  
Wayne Kreider ◽  
Adam Maxwell ◽  
Vera Khokhlova ◽  
...  

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