Emerging Therapeutic Ultrasound

Mechanisms for Bioeffects of Ultrasound Relevant to Therapeutic Applications (W L Nyborg) Ultrasound-Mediated Gene Therapy (D L Miller) Emerging Technologies Using Ultrasound for Drug Delivery (K Tachibana & S Tachibana) MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound for Local Tissue Ablation and Other Image-guided Interventions (K Hynynen & N McDannold) Sonoporation, Gene Transfection, Anticancer Drug and Antibody Delivery Using Ultrasound (J Wu) Low-Frequency Sonophoresis: Ultrasound-Mediated Transdermal Drug Delivery (S Mitragotri) Clinical Applications of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound in the Treatment of Patients with Solid Malignancy (F Wu).

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