Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 245-255 , February 2009

Size Measurement of Tissue Debris Particles Generated from Pulsed Ultrasound Cavitational Therapy – Histotripsy

  • Zhen Xu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Zhen Xu, 2200 Bonisteel Boulevard, 1107 Carl A. Gerstacker Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2099, USA
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  • Zhenzhen Fan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Timothy L. Hall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Frank Winterroth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • J. Brian Fowlkes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Charles A. Cain

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Received 10 April 2008 ,Revised 13 June 2008 ,Accepted 1 September 2008.

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PII: S0301-5629(08)00405-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.09.002

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 245-255 , February 2009

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