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. 2004 Nov 22;2:25. doi: 10.1186/1476-7120-2-25

Figure 1.

Figure 1

At high acoustic pressure, ultrasound is capable of causing rapid bubble which grow and collapse among them (a) and cells (b). This mechanism results in the production of sufficient energy to disrupt chemical bonds and produce reactive free radicals, that may interfere with DNA.