Histotripsy is a new, FDA-approved, minimally invasive technique that destroys liver tumors using high-frequency ultrasound waves. For some patients with liver cancer, they could be spared invasive ...

(Qi Yang/Moment/Getty Images) Sound waves already used in medical scans may have a surprising new target: viruses. In lab experiments, scientists have demonstrated how ultrasound blasts can break down ...

Both ultrasound for medical imaging and seismology for imaging the Earth's interior measure the propagation of waves through matter. For example, when seismic waves encounter material differences in ...

A noninvasive treatment called high-intensity focused ultrasound helped relieve the shaking, stiffness and pain that ...

For decades, ultrasound has been associated with diagnostics—a routine scan in a hospital room, a monitor displaying organs, ...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that high-frequency ultrasound waves similar to those used in medical exams can eliminate viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and H1N1 ...

How do you precisely move something you can’t see with your own eyes, let alone touch? Physically manipulating individual cells remains a challenge. Optical tweezers offer one solution to this and use ...

Using ultrasound waves, the researchers are tackling the challenge on multiple levels. Lindsey's lab uses ultrasound imaging to assess skull properties for effective imaging and therapy. He said his ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new technology may allow physicians to use ultrasound waves to push kidney stones out of a patient’s body ...

Engineers have developed a device that is a first step to enabling noninvasive, ultrasound-based therapies for the brain. For example, ultrasound waves are currently being used in clinical trials to ...