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> By utilizing sound instead, energy is able to be directed to the correct spot, forming a small bubble through a process called cavitation. Temperatures can re
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y ago
> By utilizing sound instead, energy is able to be directed to the correct spot, forming a small bubble through a process called cavitation. Temperatures can reach a pressure approximately 1,000 times that of air at sea level and around 27,000 degress Fahrenheit, which is hotter than the 10,000 degrees surface of the sun.
I wonder if the more medically relevant use of this technology isn’t 3D printing but rather treating tumors?
- mleonhard 4y agoUltrasound is already used to treat kidney stone disease [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_stone_disease#Lithotripsy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_stone_disease#Lithotrip...
- xtracto 4y agoThe vast majority of patients using that get some kind of kidney injury... some even kidney damage. Ow... doesn't sound that great.