6TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND

6th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound

Constantin-C. Coussios, Oxford University, Department of Engineering Science, Oxford, United Kingdom ; Gail ter Haar, The Institute of Cancer Research, The Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Joint Department of Physics, Sutton, United Kingdom

Conference Location and Date: Oxford, United Kingdom, 30 August - 2 September 2006

Subseries: None

Published July 2007; ISBN 978-0-7354-0419-9 One Volume Print, CD-ROM included; 594 pages; 6 3/8 X 9 1/4 inches; Hardcover; $198.00

Readership: Academic and clinical researchers in the field of therapeutic ultrasound; therapeutic ultrasound manufacturers; clinical Practitioners interested in non-invasive and minimally invasive cancer therapy; academics with interests in sound, ultrasound, acoustics and cavitation .

All papers have been peer reviewed. The 6th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound is the annual meeting of the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound. The conference embraced low power and high power techniques, including non-invasive tissue ablation for cancer therapy, treatment of stroke, haemostasis, ultrasound-enhanced drug delivery and gene therapy. Topics discussed include: Therapeutic ultrasound; ultrasound calibration; dosimetry; exposimetry; ultrasound field characterization; ultrasound transducers, high-intensity focussed ultrasound (HIFU); acoustic haemostasis; thrombolysis; heating,; hyerpethermia; ablation; acoustic cavitation; inertial cavitation; stable cavitation; treatment guidance; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); tissue phantoms; liver kidney prostate cancer; sonodymamic therapy; ultrasound contrast agent; targeted drug delivery; microbubbles; liposome; nanoemulsion; sonoporation; sonotransfection; gene transfer; gene delivery; Transcranial; blood-brain barrier disruption.

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