The proposed research program will continue to evaluate the biological effects that results from the exposure of tissues to the field of lithotripters and pulsed ultrasound. The overall strategy which has been fruitful in earlier research will be followed. First, biological effects are identified using the very large fields of lithotripters and the thresholds for these effects are determined. Then, this information is used in the search for similar biological effects with pulsed ultrasound. The nature and extent of the biological effects provide tests of the hypothetical physical mechanisms, which in turn, are the basis for extrapolating the results of experiments with laboratory animals to the clinical setting to manage the side effects of lithotripter treatments and to avoid adverse biological effects in diagnostic ultrasound. Each organ system has its own characteristic response and research challenges. Hemorrhage in the kidney is qualitatively and quantitatively different for endoscopic, electrohydraulic lithotripters and piezoelectric, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters (ESWL) and no effects have been detected with pulsed ultrasound at the highest levels available. The proposed studies will extend these remarkable findings through the use of two additional qualitatively different ESWL sources and by manipulating the physical characteristics of exposure to determine those properties of the field that correlate with the observed tissue damage. Lung hemorrhage in mice occurs with lithotripter fields or pulsed ultrasound at positive pressure amplitudes of 1 MPa, making it a serious concern for clinical applications in both forms of radiation. The proposed investigation will determine how the studies with mice extrapolate to man, evaluate the long term implications of the insult and differentiate among competing mechanisms for the effect. Intestinal petechiae, like lung hemorrhage, are probably related to the presence of gas bodies, and occur both with lithotripter fields and pulsed ultrasound but are sufficiently different that the phenomena must be evaluated from the most basic level following the pattern that has been successful in studies of the lung. Active tissues (heart and nerves) respond acutely to both lithotripter fields and pulsed ultrasound. The proposed study will differentiate among radiation force, cavitation and first order mechanical stresses as mechanisms for these effects. Acoustic cavitation appears to be responsible for most of the observed biological effects but we hypothesize that, because of limits on the expansion of the gaseous nuclei imposed by the surrounding tissue structures, cavitation in tissue differs qualitatively from that described by classical cavitation theory for a spherical bubble in an infinite fluid. This requires a new conceptual approach to bubble behavior in tissues. The proposed in an infinite fluid. This requires a new conceptual approach to bubble behavior in tissues. The proposed research will use novel applications of classical cavitation theory and a new numerical analytical techniques to study the behavior of bubbles under these conditions. New theoretical methods for predicting the nonlinear propagation of acoustic waves that have come from this project over the last two years will be used to determine experimental fields and to design improved lithotripters.
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| Dalecki, D; Child, S Z; Raeman, C H et al. (1999) Hemorrhage in murine fetuses exposed to pulsed ultrasound. Ultrasound Med Biol 25:1139-44 |
| Carstensen, E L; Dalecki, D; Gracewski, S M et al. (1999) Nonlinear propagation and the output indices. J Ultrasound Med 18:69-80 |
| Suchkova, V; Siddiqi, F N; Carstensen, E L et al. (1998) Enhancement of fibrinolysis with 40-kHz ultrasound. Circulation 98:1030-5 |
| MacRobbie, A G; Raeman, C H; Child, S Z et al. (1997) Thresholds for premature contractions in murine hearts exposed to pulsed ultrasound. Ultrasound Med Biol 23:761-5 |
| Dalecki, D; Raeman, C H; Child, S Z et al. (1997) The influence of contrast agents on hemorrhage produced by lithotripter fields. Ultrasound Med Biol 23:1435-9 |
| Dahake, G; Gracewski, S M (1997) Finite difference predictions of P-SV wave propagation inside submerged solids. I. Liquid-solid interface conditions. J Acoust Soc Am 102:2125-37 |
| Dalecki, D; Child, S Z; Raeman, C H et al. (1997) Age dependence of ultrasonically induced lung hemorrhage in mice. Ultrasound Med Biol 23:767-76 |
| Dalecki, D; Child, S Z; Raeman, C H et al. (1997) Ultrasonically induced lung hemorrhage in young swine. Ultrasound Med Biol 23:777-81 |
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