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DESCRIPTION:Histotripsy is a method of non-invasive ultrasonic surgery usin
 g very intense pulses of focused ultrasound to mechanically fracture tissu
 e. As of July 2025\, histotripsy systems have been installed at more than 
 50 medical centers worldwide for ablation of liver tumors. This talk summa
 rizes the approximately 25 year process of translating the physical mechan
 ism of ultrasonically generated cavitation to a clinical product. I will a
 lso highlight a number of the substantial challenges faced by academics at
 tempting to pursue scientific research translation\, a large number of mis
 takes\, and a few lucky breaks that lead to our success.\n\nThis presentat
 ion is a virtual event hosted by the Engineering Medicine and Biology Chap
 ter of SE Michigan IEEE Section\n\nSpeaker(s): Timothy Hall\, \n\nVirtual:
  https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/515293
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/515293
ORGANIZER:jamie.hamilton@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:35
SUMMARY:Histotripsy: Non-Invasive Ultrasonic Surgery. The Journey From Scie
 nce Lab to the Clinic
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/515293
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p dir="ltr">Histotripsy is a method of non-i
 nvasive ultrasonic surgery using very intense pulses of focused ultrasound
  to mechanically fracture tissue. As of July 2025\, histotripsy systems ha
 ve been installed at more than 50 medical centers worldwide for ablation o
 f liver tumors. This talk summarizes the approximately 25 year process of 
 translating the physical mechanism of ultrasonically generated cavitation 
 to a clinical product. I will also highlight a number of the substantial c
 hallenges faced by academics attempting to pursue scientific research tran
 slation\, a large number of mistakes\, and a few lucky breaks that lead to
  our success.</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><img src="https://event
 s.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/06140f7e-b506-4ee5-84eb-2959eb5a
 0277"></p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-alig
 n: left\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;">This presentation is
  a virtual event hosted by the Engineering Medicine and Biology Chapter of
  SE Michigan IEEE Section</p>
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