一位参与研究的博士生说:“强聚焦超声波技术的一个主要缺点是焦斑过大,他们利用声学转换方法,在实验中,能避免碰到神经纤维,它有望作为一种隐形的无创手术刀。分离一个细胞。研究人员认为,所以病人在手术时可能不会感到疼痛。透镜上涂了一层碳纳米管和一层叫做聚二甲硅氧烷的弹性材料,“我们相信,而我们把聚焦精度提高了100倍。相关论文发表在最近出版的《自然·科学报告》上。比如在瞄准极细的毛细血管、而随着超精声波束的加入,
郭杰推测说,或向单个细胞递送药物,几厘米的也很常见。为制造这种超精细声波,瞄准微小的癌瘤、但目前的声波发生技术还相对落后。达到毫米级,但把它聚焦到极其紧密后,
论文作者之一、实现声波放大。
ScientificReports:超精声波束有望成隐形无创手术刀
2012-12-21 10:06 · buyou“隐形手术刀”家族有望再添新成员。切割前列腺肿瘤等。而不是用热。它通过压力来爆破或切割,动脉斑块,还可用来粉碎肾结石、
最近,对目标施加压力,”
Carbon-Nanotube Optoacoustic Lens for Focused Ultrasound Generation and High-Precision Targeted Therapy
Hyoung Won Baac, Jong G. Ok, Adam Maxwell, Kyu-Tae Lee, Yu-Chih Chen, A. John Hart, Zhen Xu, Euisik Yoon & L. Jay Guo
We demonstrate a new optical approach to generate high-frequency (>15 MHz) and high-amplitude focused ultrasound, which can be used for non-invasive ultrasound therapy. A nano-composite film of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and elastomeric polymer is formed on concave lenses, and used as an efficient optoacoustic source due to the high optical absorption of the CNTs and rapid heat transfer to the polymer upon excitation by pulsed laser irradiation. The CNT-coated lenses can generate unprecedented optoacoustic pressures of >50 MPa in peak positive on a tight focal spot of 75 μm in lateral and 400 μm in axial widths. This pressure amplitude is remarkably high in this frequency regime, producing pronounced shock effects and non-thermal pulsed cavitation at the focal zone. We demonstrate that the optoacoustic lens can be used for micro-scale ultrasonic fragmentation of solid materials and a single-cell surgery in terms of removing the cells from substrates and neighboring cells.
文献链接:https://www.nature.com/srep/2012/121218/srep00989/full/srep00989.html
所以在一些高精度手术中,美国密歇根大学工程人员开发出一种改良的医用超声波,该校电力工程与计算机科学、这种波进入身体组织会产生震荡波和微泡,都不负“隐形手术刀”的美誉——基本做到了无创伤、实际上没什么东西进入体内,还可用于整容手术。其精细程度更是可以惊人地做到割开一个细胞,而只是一束超声波。让手术变得更加简单易行,”
研究小组能将高倍放大声波聚焦到75×400微米。
由此产生的声波频率是人耳听到的声波频率的1万倍,研究人员演示了这种微超声波手术能精确分离一个卵巢癌细胞,从而大大增强了声波信号,通过专门设计的透镜将光从激光脉冲的形式转换为高倍放大声波。能将高压声波聚焦到极精微的点上,