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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ultrasound Med Biol. 2015 Aug 28;41(11):2938–2954. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2015.07.016

Table 1.

Histotripsy Treatment Results: 58°C Samples.

Heated at 58°C Histotripsy Lesion (# Samples/Total Samples)
Tissue
Type
Heating
Duration
No Visible
Damage
Surface Damage
Only
Partial Damage
(No Perforation)
Complete Damage
(Perforation)
Tongue
Control 0/6 0/6 6/6 0/6
4 Hours 0/6 0/6 0/6 6/6
8 Hours 0/6 0/6 0/6 6/6
12 Hours 0/6 0/6 0/6 6/6
Artery
Control 0/6 3/6 3/6 0/6
4 Hours 0/6 0/6 0/6 6/6
8 Hours 0/6 0/6 0/6 6/6
12 Hours 0/6 0/6 0/6 6/6
Liver
Control 0/6 0/6 6/6 0/6
4 Hours 0/6 0/6 0/6 6/6
8 Hours 0/6 0/6 0/6 6/6
12 Hours 0/6 0/6 0/6 6/6
Kidney
Control 4/6 2/6 0/6 0/6
4 Hours 0/6 1/6 5/6 0/6
8 Hours 0/6 0/6 0/6 6/6
12 Hours 0/6 0/6 0/6 6/6
Tendon
Control 6/6 0/6 0/6 0/6
4 Hours 5/6 1/6 0/6 0/6
8 Hours 0/6 6/6 0/6 0/6
12 Hours 0/6 6/6 0/6 0/6
Urethra
Control 0/6 5/6 1/6 0/6
4 Hours 6/6 0/6 0/6 0/6
8 Hours 3/6 3/6 0/6 0/6
12 Hours 0/6 6/6 0/6 0/6

Histotripsy treatment results demonstrated that tongue, artery, liver, kidney, and tendon were more susceptible to histotripsy-induced tissue damage after heating at 58°C. Urethra was observed to be less susceptible to histotripsy after heating at 58°C.