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| Original language | English |
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| Title | 10th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound (ISTU 2010) |
| Editors | Y Matsumoto, LA Crum, GR TerHaar |
| Place of publication | MELVILLE |
| Publisher | American Institute of Physics |
| Publication date | 2011 |
| Pages | 367-370 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-7354-0917-0 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published |
| Conference | 10th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound |
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| City | Tokyo |
| Period | 9/06/10 → 12/06/10 |
| Other |
We examined the role of ultrasound standing waves, and their travelling wave counterparts, on cell viability in an in-vitro insonation apparatus. Furthermore, the effect of distinct waveforms (sine and top-hat) was also explored, together with the role of microbubble presence. Measurements of cell viability in standing wave scenarios demonstrated a relatively higher rate of lysis (63.13 +/- 10.89% remaining viable) compared with the travelling wave data, where 96.22 +/- 4.0% remained viable. Significant differences were also seen as a function of waveform, where insonations employing top-hat wave shapes resulted in an average end stage viability of 30.31 +/- 5.71 % compared with 61.94 +/- 14.28% in the sinusoidal counterparts.