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ReviewUltrasound in medicine & biology2016

Mechanisms for Induction of Pulmonary Capillary Hemorrhage by Diagnostic Ultrasound: Review and Consideration of Acoustical Radiation Surface Pressure.

Douglas L Miller

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Review in Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Overview of Diagnostic Ultrasound Safety: Review for Research and Institutional Review Boards.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2026
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  3. Anaesthesia-induced atelectasis in a rat model (Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025
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  4. Frame Rate Exposimetry for Pulmonary Capillary Hemorrhage During Lung Ultrasound.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2023
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  6. New International Guidelines and Consensus on the Use of Lung Ultrasound.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2023
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  13. Pulmonary Capillary Hemorrhage Induced by Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Shear Wave Elastography in Ventilated Rats.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2019
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  16. Does Intravenous Infusion Influence Diagnostic Ultrasound-Induced Pulmonary Capillary Hemorrhage?Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Douglas L MillerDepartment of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Electronic address: douglm@umich.edu.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

Ultrasound-Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage During Diagnostic Examination of the LungR01HL116434 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MILLER, DOUGLAS LAWRENCE · 2013 to 2021
$4.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL116434
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diagnostic ultrasound can induce pulmonary capillary hemorrhage (PCH) in rats and other mammals. This phenomenon represents the only clearly demonstrated biological effect of (non-contrast enhanced) diagnostic ultrasound and thus presents a uniquely important safety issue. However, the physical mechanism responsible for PCH remains uncertain more than 25 y after its discovery. Experimental research has indicated that neither heating nor acoustic cavitation, the predominant mechanisms for bioeffects of ultrasound, is responsible for PCH. Furthermore, proposed theoretical mechanisms based on gas-body activation, on alveolar resonance and on impulsive generation of liquid droplets all appear unlikely to be responsible for PCH, owing to unrealistic model assumptions. Here, a simple model based on the acoustical radiation surface pressure (ARSP) at a tissue-air interface is hypothesized as the mechanism for PCH. The ARSP model seems to explain some features of PCH, including the approximate frequency independence of PCH thresholds and the dependence of thresholds on biological factors. However, ARSP evaluated for experimental threshold conditions appear to be too weak to fully account for stress failure of pulmonary capillaries, gauging by known stresses for injurious physiologic conditions. Furthermore, consideration of bulk properties of lung tissue suggests substantial transmission of ultrasound through the pleura, with reduced ARSP and potential involvement of additional mechanisms within the pulmonary interior. Although these recent findings advance our knowledge, only a full understanding of PCH mechanisms will allow development of science-based safety assurance for pulmonary ultrasound.

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AcousticsAnimalsCapillariesDisease Models, AnimalHemorrhageLungLung DiseasesMicePressureRabbitsRatsUltrasonographyLung injury mechanismsMechanical indexNon-ionizing radiation biologyPoint-of-care ultrasoundPulmonary ultrasound

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PMID27649878
PMCPMC5116429
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