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Focused ultrasound as a tool to input sensory information to humans (Review)

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This review is devoted to the analysis of studies and implementations related to the use of focused ultrasound for functional effects on neuroreceptor structures. Special attention was paid to the stimulation of neuroreceptor structures in order to input sensory information to humans. This branch of medical and physiological acoustics appeared in Russia in the early 1970s and was being efficiently developed up to the late 1980s. Then, due to lack of financial support, only individual researchers remained at this field and, as a result, we have no full- fledged theoretical research and practical implementations in this area yet. Many promising possibilities of using functional effects of focused ultrasound in medicine and physiology have remained unimplemented for a long time. However, new interesting ideas and approaches have appeared in recent years. Very recently, very questionable projects have been reported related to the use of ultrasound for targeted functional effects on the human brain performed in some laboratories. In this review, the stages of the development of scientific research devoted to the functional effects of focused ultrasound are described. By activating the neuroreceptor structures of the skin by means pulses of focused ultrasound, one can cause all the sensations perceived by human beings through the skin in everyday life, such as tactile sensations, thermal (heat and cold), tickling, itching, and various types of pain. Stimulation of the ear labyrinth of humans with normal hearing using amplitude-modulated ultrasound causes auditory sensations corresponding to an audio modulating signal (pure tones, music, speech, etc.). Activation of neuroreceptor structures by means of focused ultrasound is used for the diagnosis of various neurological and skin diseases, as well as hearing disorders. It has been shown that the activation is related to the mechanical action of ultrasound, for example, by the radiation force, as well as to the direct action of ultrasonic vibrations on nerve fibers. The action of the radiation force is promising for the realization of the possibility of blind and even deaf-and-blind people to perceive text information on a display using tactile sensations caused by ultrasound. Very different methods of using ultrasound for local stimulation of neuroreceptor structures are discussed in this review. Among them are practical methods that have been already tested in a clinic, as well as pretending to be sensational methods that are hardly feasible in the foreseeable future.

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Gavrilov, L.R., Tsirulnikov, E.M. Focused ultrasound as a tool to input sensory information to humans (Review). Acoust. Phys. 58, 1–21 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063771012010083

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