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Relationship between thermal dose and cell death for "rapid" ablative and "slow" hyperthermic heating by Mouratidis, Petros X. E., Rivens, Ian, Civale, John, Symonds-Tayler, Richard, ter Haar, Gail

“…Aim: Thermal isoeffective dose (TID) has not been convincingly validated for application to predict biological effects from rapid thermal ablation (e.g., using…”
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Trans-abdominal in vivo placental vessel occlusion using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound by Shaw, Caroline J., Rivens, Ian, Civale, John, Botting, Kimberley J., ter Haar, Gail, Giussani, Dino A., Lees, Christoph C.

“…Pre-clinically, High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) has been shown to safely and effectively occlude placental blood vessels in the acute setting, when…”
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Maternal and fetal cardiometabolic recovery following ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound placental vascular occlusion by Shaw, Caroline J, Rivens, Ian, Civale, John, Botting, Kimberley J, Allison, Beth J, Brain, Kirsty L, Niu, Y, Ter Haar, Gail, Giussani, Dino A, Lees, Christoph C

“…High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a non-invasive method of selective placental vascular occlusion, providing a potential therapy for conditions such…”
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The use of a segmented transducer for rib sparing in HIFU treatments by Civale, John, Clarke, Robert, Rivens, Ian, ter Haar, Gail

“…The use of focused ultrasound as a minimally invasive treatment for tumours is rapidly expanding. Target organs include the liver and kidneys. Both single…”
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Amplitude based segmentation of ultrasound echoes for attenuation coefficient estimation by Civale, John, Bamber, Jeff, Harris, Emma

“…In vivo ultrasound attenuation coefficient measurements are of interest as they can provide insight into tissue pathology. They are also needed so that…”
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288 Enhancing Radioresponse using Ultrasound-Stimulated Microbubbles in Murine Head and Neck Cancer by Bargh-Dawson, Hannah, Box, Carol, Civale, John, Birdsey, Graeme, Bamber, Jeffrey, Harris, Emma

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Focused ultrasound transducer spatial peak intensity estimation: a comparison of methods by Civale, John, Rivens, Ian, Shaw, Adam, Ter Haar, Gail

“…Characterisation of the spatial peak intensity at the focus of high intensity focused ultrasound transducers is difficult because of the risk of damage to…”
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Characterization of Acoustic, Cavitation, and Thermal Properties of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Hydrogels for Use as Therapeutic Ultrasound Tissue Mimics by Braunstein, Lisa, Brüningk, Sarah C., Rivens, Ian, Civale, John, Haar, Gail ter

“…The thermal and mechanical effects induced in tissue by ultrasound can be exploited for therapeutic applications. Tissue-mimicking materials (TMMs), reflecting…”
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Quality assurance for clinical high intensity focused ultrasound fields by Civale, John, Rivens, Ian, ter Haar, Gail

“…As the use of HIFU in the clinic becomes more widespread there is an ever increasing need to standardise quality assurance protocols, an important step in…”
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The Feasibility of Thermal Imaging as a Future Portal Imaging Device for Therapeutic Ultrasound by Miloro, Piero, Civale, John, Rivens, Ian, Shaw, Adam

“…Abstract This technical note describes a prototype thermally based portal imaging device that allows mapping of energy deposition on the surface of a tissue…”
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Preclinical Three-Dimensional Vibrational Shear Wave Elastography for Mapping of Tumour Biomechanical Properties In Vivo by Parasaram, Vaideesh, Civale, John, Bamber, Jeffrey C, Robinson, Simon P, Jamin, Yann, Harris, Emma

“…Preclinical investigation of the biomechanical properties of tissues and their treatment-induced changes are essential to support drug-discovery, clinical…”
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The role of cavitation in vascular occlusion by ter Haar, Gail, Rivens, Ian, Civale, John, Shaw, Caroline, Giussani, Dino, Lees, Christoph

“…Ed Carstensen’s papers on the effects of ultrasound on plants were amongst the first that attracted me to study ultrasound bio-effects. It was little surprise…”
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Noninvasive high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment of twin-twin transfusion syndrome: A preliminary in vivo study by Shaw, Caroline J, Civale, John, Botting, Kimberley J, Niu, Youguo, Ter Haar, Gail, Rivens, Ian, Giussani, Dino A, Lees, Christoph C

“…We investigated the efficacy, maternofetal responses, and safety of using high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for noninvasive occlusion of placental…”
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Cavitation threshold determination —Can we do it? by ter Haar, Gail, Civale, John, Rivens, Ian, Costa, Marcia

“…As clinical applications, which harness acoustic cavitation, become more commonplace, it becomes more and more important to be able to determine the threshold…”
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A Comparison of Acoustic Cavitation Detection Thresholds Measured with Piezo-electric and Fiber-optic Hydrophone Sensors by Bull, Victoria, Civale, John, Rivens, Ian, ter Haar, Gail

“…Abstract A Fabry-Perot interferometer fiber-optic hydrophone (FOH) was investigated for use as an acoustic cavitation detector and compared with a…”
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Measurement of focal peak intensity generated by high intensity focused ultrasound transducers by Civale, John, Rivens, Ian, ter Haar, Gail

“…High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a technique that is gaining widespread acceptance as a tumour treatment modality. Calibration of HIFU transducers…”
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Calibration of Ultrasound Backscatter Temperature Imaging for High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment Planning by Civale, John, Rivens, Ian, ter Haar, Gail, Morris, Hugh, Coussios, Constantin, Friend, Peter, Bamber, Jeffrey

“…Abstract High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is rapidly gaining acceptance as a non-invasive method for soft tissue tumor ablation, but improvements in…”
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Value of diffusion-weighted imaging for monitoring tissue change during magnetic resonance-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy in bone applications: an ex-vivo study by Giles, Sharon L., Winfield, Jessica M., Collins, David J., Rivens, Ian, Civale, John, ter Haar, Gail R., deSouza, Nandita M.

“…Background Magnetic resonance (MR)-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) can palliate metastatic bone pain by periosteal neurolysis. We investigated…”
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Development of a Hybrid Magnetic Resonance and Ultrasound Imaging System by Sherwood, Victoria, Civale, John, Rivens, Ian, Collins, David J., Leach, Martin O., ter Haar, Gail R.

“…A system which allows magnetic resonance (MR) and ultrasound (US) image data to be acquired simultaneously has been developed. B-mode and Doppler US were…”
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Quality assurance and field characterisation for MRgHIFU treatments: their need and the challenges presented by ter Haar, Gail, Rivens, Ian, Civale, John, Bunton, Chris, Symonds-Tayler, Richard

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