High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is gaining rapid clinical acceptance as a treatment
modality enabling non-invasive tissue heating and ablation for numerous applications. HIFU …

Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) aims at quantifying interactions between ultrasound and
biological tissues. QUS techniques extract fundamental physical properties of tissues based …

Magnetic resonance imaging and X-ray computed tomography provide the two principal
methods available for imaging the brain at high spatial resolution, but these methods are not …

Ultrasound systems are especially useful in estimating blood velocities in the human body
because they are non-invasive and can display an estimate in real time. This book offers a …

Ultrasound is used in many medical applications, such as imaging, blood flow analysis,
dentistry, liposuction, tumor and fibroid ablation, and kidney stone disruption. In the past, low …

Updated, revised, and restructured to reflect the latest advances in science and applications,
the fourth edition of this best-selling industry and research reference covers the fundamental …

Drug delivery research employing micelles and nanoparticles has expanded in recent years.
Of particular interest is the use of these nanovehicles that deliver high concentrations of …

Utilization of therapeutic ultrasound in the brain has been seriously limited by the commonly
accepted view that these exposures would require that a piece of the skull bone be removed …

Previously published summaries of sound speed, density, attenuation coefficient, and
nonlinearity parameter, B/A, in human soft tissues are quantitatively analyzed. A highly …

Time-resolved measurements of the temperature field in an agar-based tissue-mimicking
phantom insonated with a large aperture 1-MHz focused acoustic transducer are reported …