The aim of this study is to demonstrate the ability of our ultrasonic endodontic dental device with rotary nickel-titanium alloy instruments for the root canal treatment. This study is aimed at investigating the cleaning and shaping efficacy with “Ultrasonic device for endodontic treatment of dental’s canals. The purpose of root canal treatment is to get rid of the damaged pulp and the bacteria...

ultrasonic machining (usm) is a mechanical material removal process used to erode holes and cavities in hard or brittle work pieces by using shaped tools, high-frequency and an abrasive slurry. this paper addresses the concept and development of an expert system (es) for hard and brittle material, such as glass, quartz, diamond, carbides, semi conducting materials, ceramic and graphite which ca...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate damage effect of High-intensity focused ultrasound on early stage endometrial cancer tissues and their vascularities. MATERIALS AND METHODS Rabbit endometrial cancer models were established via tumor blocks implantation for a prospective control study. Ultrasonic ablation efficacy was evaluated by pathologic and imaging changes. The target lesions of experimental rabbit...

This study measured the temperature of the root surface and post during the application of ultrasonic vibration to cemented posts to simulate post removal procedure. Root canal therapy was performed on ten extracted maxillary incisors. A stainless steel Parapost was cemented into each prepared post space. Ultrasonic vibration was applied to the post and temperatures were recorded at the coronal...

This review discusses the development, current applications, and therapeutic potential of ultrasound contrast agents. Microbubbles containing gases act as true, intravascular indicators, permitting a noninvasive, quantitative analysis of the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of blood flow and volumes within the microvasculature. These shelled microbubbles are near-perfect reflectors of acousti...

AIM OF STUDY To compare the effectiveness of ibuprofen phonophoresis (PH) with conventional ultrasound (US) therapy in knee osteoarthritis. METHOD Sixty patients with a mean age of 59.8 +/- 9.0 years were randomly assigned to PH or US groups. Continuous ultrasonic waves of 1 MHz frequency and 1 watt/cm2 power were applied for 5 minutes to the target knee joint. Acoustic gel without any active...

We present a study investigating the electrochemical interface as a capacitive transducer for ultrasound sensor applications. The concept is demonstrated using a nanoporous Au layer as a sensing electrode. The sensing electrode was produced by dealloying of the Ag0.8Au0.2 bulk electrode yielding an Au layer with extremely high surface/volume ratio. This electrode configuration was tested agains...

The inertial cavitation of bubble clouds has been considered to be the hidden crucial mechanism for recent new therapeutic ultrasound applications such as Histotripsy and the ultrasound drug delivery. Although many models are already put forward to simulate the cavitation process, due to the inaccessible experimental validation, which model works closest to the real world situation is not well ...

Capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducers (cMUTs) have emerged as a leading area of research because these devices are non-resonant and can be integrated along with signal processing electronics. However, few publications discuss cMUT arrays packaged in a handheld probe capable of generating realtime ultrasound images. This paper presents real-time in-vivo images from a cMUT linear array ...

This work is motivated by possible medical applications of focused ultrasound in minimally invasive treatment of a variety of disorders. The mechanical and thermal effects caused by high-frequency ultrasound in different material systems are calculated using a finite element based program called PZflex. The pressure distributions generated by plane as well as focused ultrasound beams are presen...