Although diagnostic ultrasound is now a multibillion dollar a year industry, the therapeutic applications of ultrasound were initially thought to have more promise. Indeed, the Fry brothers were performing brain surgery on human patients in the early 1950s, and with considerable success. However, therapeutic ultrasound has still not yet gained its promising potential. Recently, there has been an enormous resurgence of interest in this topic, and several major projects are underway at various facilities around the world. Our own substantial efforts in this area at the University of Washington are reviewed, with brief discussions of topics in lithotripsy, ultrasound‐enhanced drug delivery, HIFU surgery, and acoustic hemostasis. [Work supported in part by DARPA and the NIH under Grants DK‐43881 and R43HL57739.]
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Therapeutic ultrasound
Lawrence A. Crum;
Lawrence A. Crum
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
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Michael Bailey;
Michael Bailey
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
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Kirk Beach;
Kirk Beach
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
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Michael Caps;
Michael Caps
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
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Stephen Carter;
Stephen Carter
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
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Wayne Chandler;
Wayne Chandler
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
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Robin Cleveland;
Robin Cleveland
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
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Scott Helton;
Scott Helton
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
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Peter Kaczkowski;
Peter Kaczkowski
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
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George Keilman;
George Keilman
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
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Roy Martin;
Roy Martin
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
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Pierre Mourad;
Pierre Mourad
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
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Ronald Roy;
Ronald Roy
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
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Udo Schmiedl;
Udo Schmiedl
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
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Brent Stewart;
Brent Stewart
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
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Shahram Vaezy
Shahram Vaezy
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
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J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 103, 2830 (1998)
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Lawrence A. Crum, Michael Bailey, Kirk Beach, Michael Caps, Stephen Carter, Wayne Chandler, Robin Cleveland, Scott Helton, Peter Kaczkowski, George Keilman, Roy Martin, Pierre Mourad, Ronald Roy, Udo Schmiedl, Brent Stewart, Shahram Vaezy; Therapeutic ultrasound. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1 May 1998; 103 (5_Supplement): 2830. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.421950
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