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506 17. Commercial and Medical Ultrasound Applicationsand also prevents many drugs from reaching diseased tissues there, so that theeffects of chemotherapy can be enhanced.Higher frequencies of ultrasound can cause the transfer of large molecules suchas DNA to migrate among cells, as the result of sonoporation, which enhances theporous effect on cell membranes by induction of ultrasonic shock waves through alithotripter. One pharmaceutical company (ImaRx, Tucson, AZ) developed a genedeliveringsystem for improving gene expression, i.e., revising a gene’s geneticcode to make a specific protein. The ImaRx system employs acoustically drivenmicrobubbles that carry the gene and fluorinated compounds that serve as markersto detect the DNA. The ultrasound assists in delivering the DNA to targeted areas inthe body and in tracking its progress through the use of contrasting agents injectedwith the microbubbles of genetic material.ReferencesAIUM. 2000. Mechanical bioeffects from diagnostic ultrasound: AIUM consensus statements.Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 19/2. Bethesda, MD: American Institute ofUltrasound in Medicine.Bachman, Donald M., Crewson, Philip E., and Lewis, Rebecca S. 2002. Comparisonof heel ultrasound and finger DXA to central DXA in the detection of osteoporosis.Implications for patient management. Journal of Clinical Densitometry 5(2): 131–142.Barnett, S. B. and Kossoff, G. (eds.). 1998. Safety of Diagnostic Ultrasound. Progress inObstetric and Gynecological Sonography Series. Parthenon.Barnett, S. B. (ed.). 1998. WFUMB Symposium on Safety of Ultrasound in Medicine. Conclusionsand Recommendations on Thermal and Mechanical Mechanisms for BiologicalEffects of Ultrasound. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology 24, Supplement 1.Baum, G., Cruz, B., and Rosenblatt, R. 1980. Advantages of ultrasound mammography.Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. Amsterdam: Excerota Medica.Bruining, N., Burgelen, C. V., De Feyter, J., et al. 1998. Dynamic imaging of coronarystructures: an ECG-gated three-dimensional intercoronary ultrasound in humans. Ultrasoundin Medicine & Biology 24: 631–637.Brown, B. and Goodman, J. E. 1965. High Intensity Ultrasonics. London: Iliffe.Crum, Lawrence A. 2004. Therapeutic Ultrasound. Proceedings of the Advanced Metrologyfor Ultrasound in Medicine Meeting, April 27–28, 2004. Teddington, UK.Chen, L., Ter Haar, Gail, Hill, C. R. et al. 1998. Treatment of implanted livertumors with focused ultrasound. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology 24: 1475–1488.Dalke, H. E. and Welkowitz, W. J. 1960. Journal of the Instrument Society of America7(10): 60–63.Degenhardt, F., Jibril, S., and Eisenhauer, B. 1996. Hysterosalpingo-contrast sonography(HyCoSy) for determining tubal patency. Clinical Radiology 51(s1): 15–18.Ensminger, Dale. 1988. Ultrasonics: Fundamental, Technology, Applications, 2nd ed. NewYork: Marcel Dekker.EPSUMB Study Group. 2004. Guidelines for the use of contrast agents in ultrasound.Ultraschall in Medizine 25: 249–256.

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