With pathologist Eugen Albrecht, he conducted studies of coagulative necrosis.
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The energy delivered with each sonication is capable of raising the temperature of the tissue upwards of 65 degrees Celsius resulting in coagulative necrosis.
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Coagulative necrosis can also be induced by high local temperature; it is a desired effect of treatments such as high intensity focused ultrasound applied to cancerous cells.
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The tarry black colour is produced by the coagulative necrosis of mucosa resulting in intramucosal haemorrhage and acid hematin deposition . This condition was first described in a patient with acid poisoning.
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The therapeutic effect is created by raising the tissue temperature during energy delivery ( sonication ) which causes thermal ablation and defined regions of protein denaturation, irreversible cell damage and coagulative necrosis at the target.