On the Behaviour of Living Cells under the Influence of Ultrasound

Medical ultrasound technology is available, affordable, and non-invasive. It is used to detect, quantify, and heat tissue structures. This review article gives a concise overview of the types of behaviour that biological cells experience under the influence of ultrasound only, i.e., without the pres...

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Published inFluids (Basel) Vol. 3; no. 4; p. 82
Main Authors Rubin, David, Anderton, Nicole, Smalberger, Charl, Polliack, Jethro, Nathan, Malavika, Postema, Michiel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.12.2018
MDPI
Subjects
acoustic microparticle manipulation
Acoustics
Apoptosis
Bubbles
Cavitation
cellular acoustics
Contrast agents
Cytoplasm
Life Sciences
Mammals
micro-acoustics
non-bubble-assisted sonoporation
Ultrasonic imaging
ultrasound-induced cell translation
ultrasound-induced lysis
cellular acoustics
ultrasound-induced lysis
acoustic microparticle manipulation
micro-acoustics
ultrasound-induced cell translation
non-bubble-assisted sonoporation
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Summary:Medical ultrasound technology is available, affordable, and non-invasive. It is used to detect, quantify, and heat tissue structures. This review article gives a concise overview of the types of behaviour that biological cells experience under the influence of ultrasound only, i.e., without the presence of microbubbles. The phenomena are discussed from a physics and engineering perspective. They include proliferation, translation, apoptosis, lysis, transient membrane permeation, and oscillation. The ultimate goal of cellular acoustics is the detection, quantification, manipulation and eradication of individual cells.
ISSN:2311-5521
2311-5521
DOI:10.3390/fluids3040082