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ArticleJournal of ultrasound2022

Experimental evaluation of high intensity focused ultrasound for fat reduction of ex vivo porcine adipose tissue.

Antria Filippou, Christakis Damianou

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Article in Journal of ultrasound, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Antria FilippouDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Informatics, Cyprus University of Technology, 30 Archbishop Kyprianou Street, 3036, Limassol, Cyprus.
Christakis DamianouDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Informatics, Cyprus University of Technology, 30 Archbishop Kyprianou Street, 3036, Limassol, Cyprus. christakis.damianou@cut.ac.cy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0424-2851
Cyprus University of Technology · CY

Funding

Research and Innovation Foundation of Cyprus ABLABREAST(EXPLOITATION-A/0918/0006)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe present study was stimulated by the continuous growth of commercially available high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) systems for fat reduction. Herein, HIFU was utilised for fat ablation using a single-element ultrasonic transducer operating in thermal mode.

methodsThe custom-made concave transducer that operates at 1.1 MHz was assessed on excised porcine adipose tissue for its ability to reduce fat. Ultrasonic sonications were executed on the adipose tissue utilising acoustical power between 14 and 75 W and sonication time in the range of 1-10 min. The mass of the adipose tissue sample was weighed afore and after ultrasonic sonications and the effect of the sonication on the mass change was recorded.

resultsMass change was linearly dependent with either increasing acoustical power or sonication time and was in the range of 0.46-1.9 g. High acoustical power of 62.5 W for a sonication time of 1 min and a power of 75 W for a sonication time of 5 min, respectively resulted in the formation of a lesion or possible cavitation on the piece of excised adipose tissue.

conclusionThe study demonstrated the efficacy of the proposed transducer in achieving a reduction of excised fat tissue. The present findings indicate the potential use of the transducer in a HIFU system indicated for the reduction of subcutaneous adipose tissue where increased values of acoustical power can result in increased amounts of fat reduction.

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High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound AblationAnimalsSubcutaneous FatSwineTransducersAdiposeFatHIFULipolysisPorcineReduction

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PMID35106735
PMCPMC9705658
OpenAlexW4210464253

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