微气泡
空化
超声波
生物医学工程
声学
帧速率
感兴趣区域
声压
材料科学
光学
医学
放射科
物理
作者
Shanshan Xu,Hong Hu,Hongtao Jiang,Zhian Xu,Mingxi Wan
标识
DOI:10.7863/ultra.33.11.1957
摘要
Objectives A combined approach was proposed, based on programmable ultrasound equipment, to simultaneously monitor surviving microbubbles and detect cavitation activity during microbubble destruction in a variably sized region for use in ultrasound contrast agent (UCA)‐enhanced therapeutic ultrasound applications. Methods A variably sized focal region wherein the acoustic pressure was above the UCA fragmentation threshold was synthesized at frequencies of 3, 4, 5, and 6 MHz with a linear broadband imaging probe. The UCAs’ temporal and spatial distribution during the microbubbles’ destruction was monitored in a 2‐dimensional imaging plane at 5 MHz and a frame rate of 400 Hz, and simultaneously, broadband noise emissions during the microbubbles’ fragmentation were extracted by using the backscattered signals produced by the focused release bursts (ie, destruction pulses) themselves. Afterward, the temporal evolution of broadband noise emission, the surviving microbubbles in a region of interest (ROI), and the destruction area in a static UCA suspension were computed. Then the inertial cavitation dose, destruction rate of microbubbles in the ROI, and area of the destruction region were determined. Results It was found that an increasing pulse length and a decreasing transmit aperture and excitation frequency were correlated with an increased inertial cavitation dose, microbubble destruction rate, and destruction area. Furthermore, it was obvious that the microbubble destruction rate was significantly correlated with the inertial cavitation dose ( P < .05). In addition, the intensity decrease in the ROI was significantly correlated with the destruction area ( P < .05). Conclusions By the proposed strategy, microbubbles could be destroyed in a variably sized region, and destruction efficiency as well as the corresponding inertial cavitation dose could be regulated by manipulating the transmission parameters.
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