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Laser‐Induced Focused Ultrasound for Cavitation Treatment: Toward High‐Precision Invisible Sonic Scalpel
August 2017 • Taehwa Lee, Wei Luo, Qiaochu Li, Hakan Demirci, L. Jay Guo
Beyond the implementation of the photoacoustic effect to photoacoustic imaging and laser ultrasonics, this study demonstrates a novel application of the photoacoustic effect for high‐precision cavitation treatment of tissue using laser‐induced focused ultrasound. The focused ultrasound is generated by pulsed optical excitation of an efficient photoacoustic film coated on a concave surface, and its amplitude is high enough to produce controllable microcavitation within the focal region (lateral focus <100 µm). S…