title: Mechanical bioeffects of ultrasound.
abstract: Ultrasound is used widely in medicine as both a diagnostic and therapeutic tool. Through both thermal and nonthermal mechanisms, ultrasound can produce a variety of biological effects in tissues in vitro and in vivo. This chapter provides an overview of the fundamentals of key nonthermal mechanisms for the interaction of ultrasound with biological tissues. Several categories of mechanical bioeffects of ultrasound are then reviewed to provide insight on the range of ultrasound bioeffects in vivo, the relevance of these effects to diagnostic imaging, and the potential application of mechanical bioeffects to the design of new therapeutic applications of ultrasound in medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA. dalecki@bme.rochester.edu
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dalecki
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D013696:Temperature; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media