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Therapeutic ultrasound.

G ter Haar1

  • 1Department of Physics, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK. gail@icr.ac.uk

European Journal of Ultrasound : Official Journal of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
|April 1, 1999
PubMed
Summary

Therapeutic ultrasound, used for tissue heating in sports injuries, now includes high-intensity focused beams for ablation and low-intensity fields for tissue repair. Its applications span dentistry and thrombolysis.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical physics
  • Biomedical engineering
  • Acoustics

Background:

  • Therapeutic ultrasound has a long history of use.
  • Initial applications focused on tissue heating for soft tissue injuries.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the diverse therapeutic applications of ultrasound.
  • To highlight recent advancements in ultrasound technology for medical treatments.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on therapeutic ultrasound.
  • Analysis of applications in soft tissue injury, thermal ablation, tissue repair, dentistry, and thrombolysis.

Main Results:

  • Ultrasound is utilized for thermal effects in soft tissue injuries.
  • High-intensity focused ultrasound enables targeted thermal ablation.
  • Low-intensity ultrasound promotes physiological processes like tissue repair without significant heating.

Conclusions:

  • Therapeutic ultrasound encompasses a broad range of applications.
  • Emerging uses include dentistry and thrombolysis, showcasing evolving medical technology.

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