Medical Application of Acoustics
Thursday, April 5, 2001 4:00 p.m. Dr. Lawrence A. Crum Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington http://www.apl.washington.edu/EmployeeProfiles/RPD/crum.html http://www.apl.washington.edu Medical ultrasound technology is experiencing a rebirth as methods and applications extend beyond current diagnostic imaging to include novel therapeutic and surgical uses. These applications broadly include: Tissue ablation, cautery, lipoplasty,…