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you can buy a veterinary ultrasound machine on ebay for under $3k, btw. if anyone tries this let me know how it goes

• mikewarot 2y ago
  You know the brain is about the consistency of jelly, right? If you were to induce cavitation, that could cause quite a bit of brain damage in nothing flat. First person experimentation is a distinctly bad idea. The other is also a bad idea.
  • Suppafly 2y ago
    >You know the brain is about the consistency of jelly, right? If you were to induce cavitation, that could cause quite a bit of brain damage in nothing flat. They use them on pregnant women's fetuses, so I imagine using one on an adult skull wouldn't be that big of a deal.
    • mikewarot 2y ago
      Yes, people trained in their use on approved and maintained equipment do that. I'm worried about people who just pick up any old ultrasound transducer and think more power is better. What if it was intended for Lithotripsy or industrial use? Everything could end in an instant.
  • justlikereddit 2y ago
    I do ultrasound on infant brains(and other tissues) regularly with a human rated ultrasound scanning probe. It is deemed completely safe. The properties of a veterinary scanning probe will be similar(almost certainly identical, mammalian tissue is mammalian tissue). But you can also get human rated probes for $2k so no point in getting a vet one for $3k Cavitation applications in ultrasound uses a different range of frequencies and designs, the scanning probes are 1-25mhz