Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 250-267 , February 2010

Shock-Induced Heating and Millisecond Boiling in Gels and Tissue Due to High Intensity Focused Ultrasound

  • Michael S. Canney

      Affiliations

    • Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Michael Canney, Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, 1013 NE 40th St, Seattle, WA 98105.
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  • Vera A. Khokhlova

      Affiliations

    • Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • Department of Acoustics, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
    • ,
  • Olga V. Bessonova

      Affiliations

    • Department of Acoustics, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
    • ,
  • Michael R. Bailey

      Affiliations

    • Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • ,
  • Lawrence A. Crum

      Affiliations

    • Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Received 24 April 2009 ,Revised 10 September 2009 ,Accepted 18 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.09.010

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 250-267 , February 2010

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