On the behaviour of living cells under the influence of ultrasound

Autor: Jethro Polliack, David M. Rubin, Malavika Nathan, Michiel Postema, Nicole Anderton, Charl Smalberger
Přispěvatelé: University of the Witwatersrand [Johannesburg] (WITS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Fluids
Fluids, MDPI, 2018, 3 (4), pp.82. ⟨10.3390/fluids3040082⟩
Fluids, Vol 3, Iss 4, p 82 (2018)
ISSN: 2311-5521
DOI: 10.3390/fluids3040082⟩
Popis: International audience; Medical ultrasound technology is available, affordable, and non-invasive. It is used to detect, quantify, and heat tissue structures. This review article gives a concise overview of the types of behaviour that biological cells experience under the influence of ultrasound only, i.e., without the presence of microbubbles. The phenomena are discussed from a physics and engineering perspective. They include proliferation, translation, apoptosis, lysis, transient membrane permeation, and oscillation. The ultimate goal of cellular acoustics is the detection, quantification, manipulation and eradication of individual cells.
Databáze: OpenAIRE