Abstract
News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors: “Histotripsy, or pulsed ultrasound cavitation therapy, is a technology where extremely short, intense bursts of acoustic energy induce cont rolled cavitation (microbubble formation) within the focal volume. The vigorous expansion and collapse of these microbubbles mechanically homogenizes cells and tissue structures within the focal volume. This is a very different end result t han the coagulative necrosis characteristic of thermal ablation. To operate with in a non-thermal, Histotripsy realm; it is necessary to deliver acoustic energy in the form of high amplitude acoustic pulses with low duty cycle.
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