Thoracolumbar lesions are common in horses, but their identification and location remain a challenge field practice. A precise diagnostis improves therapeutic strategy and, thus, the prognosis of affected horses. Although radiography remains preferred diagnostic imaging modality used for back, ultrasound is useful complementary technique that offers valuable information can be performed as stan...

Introduction: Ultrasound (US) has been used to improve range of motion; however, there is no consensus on its therapeutic effects. This study aimed explore the effects US in combination with exercise and mobilization motion based a single-case design.

It has long been shown that therapeutic ultrasound has the potential to affect cells surfaces and membranes. In this study, the effects of ultrasound in near field mode, the anti-cancer drug carboplatin and their combined application were studied on human carcinoma cells A2780. Four modes of treatment were used: exposure to ultrasonic field, application of carboplatin, exposure to ultrasound fo...

Interest in noninvasive brain stimulation for therapeutic effects on mental health has increased in recent years. The ability to directly modulate brain activity in targeted or diffuse regions noninvasively, that is, from outside the skull, has enormous potential for the treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders. Brain stimulation also holds promise for the functional mapping of brain...

Microbubbles and cavitation are playing an increasingly significant role in both diagnostic and therapeutic applications of ultrasound. Microbubble ultrasound contrast agents have been in clinical use now for more than two decades, stimulating the development of a range of new contrast-specific imaging techniques which offer substantial benefits in echocardiography, microcirculatory imaging, an...

  ABSTRACTBackground : In order to quantify effects of ultrasound irradiation parameters under therapeutic condition, especially sonodynamic therapy, it is initially necessary to evaluate inertial cavitation activity in vitro conditions therefore, in this study, the effect of 1 MHz low level ultrasound based on °OH radicals generated by acoustic inertial cavitation in aqueous solution was monit...

This editorial refers to ‘Cardiovascular molecular imaging: an overview’ by A. Saraste et al., pp. 643– 652, this issue; ‘Ultrasound molecular imaging of atherosclerosis’ by B.A. Kaufmann, pp. 617–625, this issue; ‘Contrast ultrasound molecular imaging of inflammation in cardiovascular disease’ by J.R. Lindner, forthcoming; ‘Molecular imaging using contrast-enhanced ultrasound: evaluation of an...

The diagnosis and staging of various gastrointestinal malignancies have been made possible with the use of endoscopic ultrasound, which is a relatively safe procedure. The field of endoscopic ultrasound is fast expanding due to advancements in therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound. Though various studies have established its role in gastrointestinal malignancies and pancreatic conditions, its poten...

The authors discuss the pros and cons with regard to ultrasound for the internist. They state that ultrasonography is seldom used by internists and they suggest several reasons for this. After a brief review of the literature they conclude that using ultrasound would probably benefit patients and would lead to a more rapid diagnosis and an increase in safety while performing invasive diagnostic...