Abstract
Measurements of temperature-time profiles in an agar-graphite gell 'miniphantom' stepped horizontally through a larger phantom of degassed water have yielded distributions of initial rates of heating in the focal plane of Helios, a four-ring, 30-transducer ultrasound device designed for localized deep heating. Focal-plane heating patterns (initial degree C/min distributions) produced by the innermost of the four transducer rings operated under a variety of conditions are presented. The results suggest that at a depth of 10 cm in homogeneous muscle, heating patterns as narrow as 1. 8 cm (full width half maximum) with initial peak heating rates of more than 5 degree C/min can be anticipated. These studies also illustrate the potential for clinically relevant manipulation of lateral heating patterns through redistribution of power to transducers in a given ring.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 1441-1443 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| State | Published - 1986 |