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An important goal of medicine is to provide patients with minimally invasive medical procedures. With such procedures infection and blood loss are...



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Figure 1.Focusing of ultrasonic radiation for localized treatment in high-intensity focused ultrasound.
Figure 2.Turkey breast tissue that has been treated with high-intensity focused ultrasound. The influence of the HIFU mechanism (thermal or mechanical) on lesion dimension can be seen.
Figure 3.Real-time ultrasound scan of porcine liver tissue treated by high-intensity focused ultrasound. The image was taken during treatments immediately after the onset of lesion formation. Treated region appears as the bright white spot.