Effect of overpressure and pulse repetition frequency on cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy.

Cavitation appears to contribute to tissue injury in lithotripsy. Reports have shown that increasing pulse repetition frequency [(PRF) 0.5-100 Hz] increases tissue damage and increasing static pressure (1-3 bar) reduces cell damage without decreasing stone comminution. Our hypothesis is that overpre...

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Main Authors: Sapozhnikov, O, Khokhlova, V, Bailey, MR, Williams, J, McAteer, J, Cleveland, R, Crum, L
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2002
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author Sapozhnikov, O
Khokhlova, V
Bailey, MR
Williams, J
McAteer, J
Cleveland, R
Crum, L
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Khokhlova, V
Bailey, MR
Williams, J
McAteer, J
Cleveland, R
Crum, L
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description Cavitation appears to contribute to tissue injury in lithotripsy. Reports have shown that increasing pulse repetition frequency [(PRF) 0.5-100 Hz] increases tissue damage and increasing static pressure (1-3 bar) reduces cell damage without decreasing stone comminution. Our hypothesis is that overpressure or slow PRF causes unstabilized bubbles produced by one shock pulse to dissolve before they nucleate cavitation by subsequent shock pulses. The effects of PRF and overpressure on bubble dynamics and lifetimes were studied experimentally with passive cavitation detection, high-speed photography, and B-mode ultrasound and theoretically. Overpressure significantly reduced calculated (100-2 s) and measured (55-0.5 s) bubble lifetimes. At 1.5 bar static pressure, a dense bubble cluster was measured with clinically high PRF (2-3 Hz) and a sparse cluster with clinically low PRF (0.5-1 Hz), indicating bubble lifetimes of 0.5-1 s, consistent with calculations. In contrast to cavitation in water, high-speed photography showed that overpressure did not suppress cavitation of bubbles stabilized on a cracked surface. These results suggest that a judicious use of overpressure and PRF in lithotripsy could reduce cavitation damage of tissue while maintaining cavitation comminution of stones.
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spelling oxford-uuid:3368b748-5b3e-4190-8755-75a60966ccbe2022-03-26T13:20:08ZEffect of overpressure and pulse repetition frequency on cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:3368b748-5b3e-4190-8755-75a60966ccbeEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2002Sapozhnikov, OKhokhlova, VBailey, MRWilliams, JMcAteer, JCleveland, RCrum, LCavitation appears to contribute to tissue injury in lithotripsy. Reports have shown that increasing pulse repetition frequency [(PRF) 0.5-100 Hz] increases tissue damage and increasing static pressure (1-3 bar) reduces cell damage without decreasing stone comminution. Our hypothesis is that overpressure or slow PRF causes unstabilized bubbles produced by one shock pulse to dissolve before they nucleate cavitation by subsequent shock pulses. The effects of PRF and overpressure on bubble dynamics and lifetimes were studied experimentally with passive cavitation detection, high-speed photography, and B-mode ultrasound and theoretically. Overpressure significantly reduced calculated (100-2 s) and measured (55-0.5 s) bubble lifetimes. At 1.5 bar static pressure, a dense bubble cluster was measured with clinically high PRF (2-3 Hz) and a sparse cluster with clinically low PRF (0.5-1 Hz), indicating bubble lifetimes of 0.5-1 s, consistent with calculations. In contrast to cavitation in water, high-speed photography showed that overpressure did not suppress cavitation of bubbles stabilized on a cracked surface. These results suggest that a judicious use of overpressure and PRF in lithotripsy could reduce cavitation damage of tissue while maintaining cavitation comminution of stones.
spellingShingle Sapozhnikov, O
Khokhlova, V
Bailey, MR
Williams, J
McAteer, J
Cleveland, R
Crum, L
Effect of overpressure and pulse repetition frequency on cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy.
title Effect of overpressure and pulse repetition frequency on cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy.
title_full Effect of overpressure and pulse repetition frequency on cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy.
title_fullStr Effect of overpressure and pulse repetition frequency on cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy.
title_full_unstemmed Effect of overpressure and pulse repetition frequency on cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy.
title_short Effect of overpressure and pulse repetition frequency on cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy.
title_sort effect of overpressure and pulse repetition frequency on cavitation in shock wave lithotripsy
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