Thermal soundwaves skin#

HIFU is not known as a regular treatment for Neuroendocrine Cancer but is frequently used in (e.g.) Prostate and Uterine Fibroids. Histotripsy has some similarities with High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) but whereas HIFU employs thermal energy to ablate tissues, histotripsy harnesses the energy of thousands of microbubbles - called cavitation - to emulsify tissue. Not really but both may be in a grouping of similar treatments called “Focused Ultrasounds”. Is this the same as High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)? The success ratios and risks are known and documented. All of these types are already used on Neuroendocrine Cancer but are invasive in nature.

Thermal soundwaves skin#

During cryoablation, a thin, wand-like needle (cryoprobe) is inserted through your skin and directly into the cancerous tumour. Cryoablation for cancer is a treatment to kill cancer cells with extreme cold. This may also be known as percutaneous ablation. The heat is supplied by electrical currents passed through a special needle placed directly into the liver. Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and microwave ablation (MWA) use heat to destroy cancer cells or tumours (more than just the liver). In many cases, the entirety of a cancerous tumour cannot be targeted directly in treatments due to its size, location or stage.Īblative techniques are currently used on Neuroendocrine Cancers so will this form of ablation work? Again, we simply don’t know for sure without clinical trials. It uses focused ultrasound waves to mechanically destroy target tissue with millimetre precision. Histotripsy is a type of ablation but uses a totally different technique which is non-invasive. Does this work on Neuroendocrine Cancer liver metastases? The answer is that no one really knows as the human trials have only just begun. Our transducer delivers high amplitude microsecond-length ultrasound pulses-acoustic cavitation-to focus on the tumour specifically to break it up. Professor Zhen Xu, at the University of Michigan, said: “Even if we don’t target the entire tumour, we can still cause the tumour to regress and also reduce the risk of future metastasis. They showed that in 80 per cent of cases performed on rats, the immune system broke down the rest of the tumour and it did not return. However, researchers investigated the effects of partially destroying tumours with sound to 50 or 75 per cent and found the technique was still very effective. In many cases, the entirety of a cancerous tumour cannot be targeted directly in treatments due to the mass’ size, location or stage. The treatment, called histotripsy, noninvasively focuses ultrasound waves to mechanically destroy target tissue with millimetre precision. The team from the University of Michigan showed the non-invasive sound technology is able to prevent further spread with no evidence of recurrence or metastases in the majority of cases. It is currently being tested on human liver cancers in the US and Europe following successful trials in rats. The non-invasive treatment only needs to be partially effective to stop the cancer spreading. It also spurs the immune system to kill off any of the tumour left, scientists have revealed. After the WIP performance we will solicit feedback and have refreshments / Q&A with the audience.A new technique that destroys cancer using soundwaves. The WIP performance looks ahead to a final performance that is part of the Soundwave Biennial, SonicLAB ((8)) Infrastructure, on September 8 (save the date!). Specifically, how HVAC and our embodied experiences of it, can act as an example of (or analogy to) our complacency within invisible structures that support capitalist agendas and its disregard for environmental issues such as global warming. Through this project we question the implications of such a distance philosophically and concretely in relation to how it is rendered in the body. Interior space is highly filtered and thermally regulated, further distancing us from nature. This helps us mitigate uncontrollable bodily reactions (sweat, dehydration, shivers, frostbite) to extreme temperatures. Our current building practices and the complex systems they rely on override any discomfort generated by our natural surroundings. HVAC: Thermal Comfort uses sculpture, movement, and sound to contemplate how HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning) systems play out on the human body. In collaboration with dancers – Gabriel Christian, Stephanie Hewett, Felix Sol Linck-Frenz, Randy Reyes, Javier Stell-Fresquez & Tiffany Tonel. Please join us for a Work in Progress performance of HVAC: Thermal Comfort, by Dana Hemenway & Surabhi Saraf