Medical Application of Fluid Dynamics (Diagnostic and Therapeutic Integrated System by Ultrasound)

Medical applications of ultrasound such as High Intensity Focused Ultrasound, Extracorporeal Lithotripsy and ultrasound contrast agent imaging have recently been the subject of much interest as the medical application of fluid dynamics. In these applications, nonlinear bubble motion facilitates the...

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Published inNihon Kikai Gakkai rombunshuu. B hen Vol. 77; no. 782; pp. 1868 - 1878
Main Author MATSUMOTO, Yoichiro
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2011
Subjects
Bubble Dynamics
Contrast Agent
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound
Lithotripsy
Ultrasound Imaging
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ISSN0387-5016
1884-8346
DOI10.1299/kikaib.77.1868

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Summary:Medical applications of ultrasound such as High Intensity Focused Ultrasound, Extracorporeal Lithotripsy and ultrasound contrast agent imaging have recently been the subject of much interest as the medical application of fluid dynamics. In these applications, nonlinear bubble motion facilitates the medical treatment by improving the image quality or enhancing the therapeutic effects through localized heating, erosion or acoustic emission. Utilizing those phenomena, a diagnostic and therapeutic integrated system can be developed. It is essential to understand ultrasound propagating and heating phenomena in a human body, which is inhomogeneous medium, and enhanced local heating phenomena by micro bubbles. In this paper, medical applications of ultrasound with microbubbles, acoustic cavitation and ultrasound propagation in human body are highlighted.
ISSN:0387-5016
1884-8346
DOI:10.1299/kikaib.77.1868