Extracorporeal ultrasound angioplasty - effect of pulse repetition frequency of high-intensity focused ultrasound on thrombolysis

• Main Author: Yang, Wenjing
• Other Authors: Zhou Yufeng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/68519
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The vascular occlusion by the thrombi is the main reason for ischemic stroke and deep vein thrombosis. High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) and histotripsy or microtripsy pulses can effectively dissolve the blood clot with no use of thrombolytic agent and ultrasound contrast agent (microbubble)....