Pulsed Cavitational Ultrasound: A Noninvasive Technology for Controlled Tissue Ablation (Histotripsy) in the Rabbit Kidney

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Authors

William W. Roberts · Michigan Institute of Urology

Timothy L. Hall · Michigan Institute of Urology

Kimberly Ives · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

J. Stuart Wolf · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

J. Brian Fowlkes · Michigan Institute of Urology

Charles A. Cain · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Abstract

This pulsed cavitational ultrasound system is capable of transcutaneous nonthermal destruction of renal tissue. Refinement of this technology for noninvasive ablation of small renal masses is currently under way.

Topics & Keywords

Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications Renal and related cancers Renal cell carcinoma treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: The Journal of Urology

Volume 175, Issue 2, pp. 734-738

DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)00141-2

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