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Eintrag vom: 02.03.2013.

Medical imaging using of high frequency ultrasound (around 5 MHz) at low powers is now a routine procedure in diagnostic medicine. At such frequencies and low energies the ultrasonic waves cause no permanent effects on tissue as they pass through the body.

 

In a separate meta-analysis it reinforced the use of therapeutic ultrasound by deeming it as a safe non-pharmacological treatment option that may provide additional pain relief as well as functional improvement when used secondarily to therapy in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

 

The therapeutic outcomes of ultrasound depend critically on tissue composition power settings and the integration of real-time imaging modalities such as MRI or ultrasound guidance. Despite its favorable safety profile therapeutic ultrasound is not devoid of risks.

 

Ultrasound therapy can induce both thermal and non-thermal effects impacting cellular and molecular mechanisms. High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) shows promise in treating various cancers including pancreatic and prostate tumors.

 

This book is an indispensable source of information for students researchers and clinicians dealing with non-invasive image-guided ultrasound-based therapeutic interventions in the fields of oncology neurology cardiology and nephrology.

 

Overview of therapeutic ultrasound applications and safety considerations. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine: Official Journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 31 (4) 623?634. doi:10.7863/jum.2012.31.4.623.

 

Effective combinations of these options are illustrated through descriptions of several clinical indications including uterine fibroids prostate disease liver cancer and brain cancer that have been successful in leveraging therapeutic ultrasound to provide effective patient treatments.

 

Provides therapeutic benefits by stimulating normal body physiological functions to perform better for the primary purposes of enhanced soft tissue injury repair and pain relief.

 

An overview is provided for image guidance methods to monitor and assess treatment progress. Finally other topics relevant for the translation of therapeutic ultrasound are discussed including computational modeling tissue-mimicking phantoms and quality assurance protocols.