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Sonoluminescence and Medical Ultrasound
Scientists have found evidence that medical ultrasound devices can produce sonoluminescence. This figure shows the calculated acoustic field of a device used in medicine to induce therapeutic lesions in tissue.
This acoustic field generates intense sonoluminescence, although not so much at the focus, where one would expect it to be the most intense. (Figures courtesy of Lawrence Crum, University of Washington)