High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Technology, its Scope and Applications in Therapy and Drug Delivery

• Main Authors: Christopher Peter Phenix (Author), Melissa Togtema (Author), Samuel Pichardo (Author), Ingeborg Zehbe (Author), Laura Curiel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ultrasonography is a safe, inexpensive and wide-spread diagnostic tool capable of producing real-time non-invasive images without significant biological effects. However, the propagation of higher energy, intensity and frequency ultrasound waves through living tissues can induce thermal, mechanical...