Section 8--clinical relevance. American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.
Abstract:his final section addresses the clinical implications of the nonthermal (mechanical) bioeffects of diagnostic ultrasound. As previously defined in Section 2, bioeffects are assumed to be mechanical when the temperature rise at the site of a biologic effect is < 1°C. An important source of mechanical bioeffects in biological tissues is believed to be acoustic cavitation. Acoustic cavitation may be defined as the interaction between a stabilized gas pocket (microbubbles) and an applied acoustic field, resulting … Show more
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