Sound and fury, signifying something? Technical challenges in cavitation dosimetry

A number of factors impede the pursuit of reliable and meaningful dosimetry for cavitation-mediated therapies. This presentation will review major technical challenges in the measurement of biomedical cavitation, along with the resulting uncertainties in cavitation dose calculation across several treatment modalities. Mitigation methods for propagation path, receiver, and processing related effects will then be summarized. Finally, an optimistic outlook for this field will be highlighted based on progress made to date and lessons learned from other areas of medical dosimetry.