Histotripsy: the first noninvasive, non-ionizing, non-thermal ablation technique based on ultrasound

Z Xu, TL Hall, E Vlaisavljevich… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Histotripsy is the first noninvasive, non-ionizing, and non-thermal ablation technology
guided by real-time imaging. Using focused ultrasound delivered from outside the body …

[HTML][HTML] For whom the bubble grows: physical principles of bubble nucleation and dynamics in histotripsy ultrasound therapy

KB Bader, E Vlaisavljevich, AD Maxwell - Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Histotripsy is a focused ultrasound therapy for non-invasive tissue ablation. Unlike thermally
ablative forms of therapeutic ultrasound, histotripsy relies on the mechanical action of …

First-in-man histotripsy of hepatic tumors: the THERESA trial, a feasibility study

J Vidal-Jove, X Serres, E Vlaisavljevich… - International Journal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Rationale Current hepatic locoregional therapies are limited in terms of effectiveness and
toxicities. Given promising pre-clinical results, a first in-human trial was designed to assess …

Immunomodulation and targeted drug delivery with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU): Principles and mechanisms

H Ashar, A Ranjan - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2023 - Elsevier
High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a non-invasive and non-ionizing sonic energy-
based therapeutic technology for inducing thermal and non-thermal effects in tissues …

Histotripsy: a method for mechanical tissue ablation with ultrasound

Z Xu, TD Khokhlova, CS Cho… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Histotripsy is a relatively new therapeutic ultrasound technology to mechanically liquefy
tissue into subcellular debris using high-amplitude focused ultrasound pulses. In contrast to …

The histotripsy spectrum: differences and similarities in techniques and instrumentation

RP Williams, JC Simon, VA Khokhlova… - International Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Since its inception about two decades ago, histotripsy–a non-thermal mechanical tissue
ablation technique–has evolved into a spectrum of methods, each with distinct potentiating …

Immunological effects of histotripsy for cancer therapy

A Hendricks-Wenger, R Hutchison… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide despite major advancements in
diagnosis and therapy over the past century. One of the most debilitating aspects of cancer …

Measurement of ex vivo liver, brain and pancreas thermal properties as function of temperature

A Mohammadi, L Bianchi, S Asadi, P Saccomandi - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The ability to predict heat transfer during hyperthermal and ablative techniques for cancer
treatment relies on understanding the thermal properties of biological tissue. In this work, the …

Magic bubbles: utilizing histotripsy to modulate the tumor microenvironment and improve systemic anti-tumor immune responses

KM Imran, A Ganguly, T Paul, M Powar… - International Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Focused Ultrasound (FUS) is emerging as a promising primary and adjunct therapy for the
treatment of cancer. This includes histotripsy, which is a noninvasive, non-ionizing, non …

Transcranial histotripsy parameter study in primary and metastatic murine brain tumor models

S Duclos, A Golin, A Fox, N Chaudhary… - International Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective This study investigated the effect of various histotripsy dosages on tumor cell kill
and associated bleeding in two murine brain tumor models (glioma [Gl261] and lung …