Research project

A passive acoustic system for evaluating the in vivo performance of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy

Research groups:

Acoustics Group

Lead researcher:

Professor Timothy Leighton
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Timothy Leighton FRS FREng FMedSci ScD

Professor of Ultrasonics

Connect with Timothy

Email: t.g.leighton@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Acoustics Group

Our group’s research topics range from the protection of marine mammals to the medical use of ultrasonics and the environmental effects of aircraft noise.

Research outputs

Prediction of far-field acoustic emissions from cavitation clouds during shock wave lithotripsy for development of a clinical device

T. G. Leighton,

C.K. Turangan,

A.R. Jamaluddin,

G.J. Ball,

& P.R. White

, 2013 , Proceedings of the Royal Society A , 469 (2150) , 20120538--[21pp]

DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2012.0538

Type: article

The collapse of single bubbles and approximation of the far-field acoustic emissions for cavitation induced by shock wave lithotripsy

A.R. Jamaluddin,

G.J. Ball,

C.K. Turangan,

& T.G. Leighton

, 2011 , Journal of Fluid Mechanics , 677 , 305--341

DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.85

Type: article

Free-Lagrange simulations of the expansion and jetting collapse of air bubbles in water

C.K. Turangan,

A.R. Jamaluddin,

G.J. Ball,

& T.G. Leighton

, 2008 , Journal of Fluid Mechanics , 598 , 1--25

DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007009317

Type: article

The development of a passive acoustic device for monitoring the effectiveness of shockwave lithotripsy in real time

Timothy Leighton,

Fiammetta Fedele,

Andrew Coleman,

Catherine McCarthy,

Ahmad Jamaluddin,

Cary Turangan,

Graham Ball,

Simon Ryves,

Andrew Hurrell,

Antonello De Stefano,

& Paul White

, 2008 , Hydroacoustics , 11 , 159--180

Type: article

A passive acoustic device for real-time monitoring the efficacy of shockwave lithotripsy treatment

T.G. Leighton,

F. Fedele,

A.J. Coleman,

C. McCarthy,

S. Ryves,

A.M. Hurrell,

A. De Stefano,

& P.R. White

, 2008 , Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology , 34 (10) , 1651--1665

DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.03.011

Type: article