Biomedical Engineering

Controlled Ultrasound Tissue Erosion

In plain English

An early laboratory study tested whether focused ultrasound could erode tissue in a controlled way. Motivated by congenital heart disease, it helped establish the experimental foundations of histotripsy rather than a ready-to-use clinical treatment.

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