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21316286

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-8
pubmed:abstractText
Therapeutic ultrasound is defined as the use of ultrasound for the treatment of diseased or injured organs or bodily structures and is quite distinct from diagnostic ultrasound. There were many early attempts in the past to use ultrasound in therapy for a variety of applications and while some of these have not been pursued others have led on to clinical applications which are now used routinely. Such progress has been made possible by a number of factors including advances in transducer design, more accurate measurement and calibration of acoustic power and careful experiments to determine the precise nature of chemical processes taking place during and following the exposure of tissue to ultrasound. Major advances have been made in some fields where ultrasound is used such as physiotherapy, surgical instruments, chemotherapy, drug delivery and more recently, high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). The last of these has seen enormous activity leading to the formation of the International Society of Therapeutic Ultrasound and a number of very well attended regular specialist meetings. In this review some historical perspectives of therapeutic ultrasound and progress in the field since the early 1990's will be presented.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1873-2828
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
847-52
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Therapeutic ultrasound an overview.
pubmed:affiliation
The Sonochemistry Centre at Coventry University, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, United Kingdom. t.mason@coventry.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review