Beam localization in HIFU temperature measurements using thermocouples, with application to cooling by large blood vessels - Dasgupta, Subhashish; Banerjee, Rupak K.; Hariharan, Prasanna; Myers, Matthew R. (Ultrasonics, 2011)
Keywords: acoustics; Algorithms; Beam positioning error; Beams (structural); Biological and medical sciences; Blood flow; Blood flow cooling; blood vessels; cooling; Equipment Design; Errors; Exact sciences and technology; exposure duration; Gels; heat; HIFU; Humans; Instruments, apparatus, components and techniques common to several branches of physics and astronomy; Localization; Medical sciences; Models, Theoretical; Phantoms, Imaging; Physics; Position (location); Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); Regional Blood Flow; Reproducibility of Results; shrinkage; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Technology. Biomaterials. Equipments. Material. Instrumentation; Temperature; temperature profiles; Thermal dose; Thermal instruments, apparatus and techniques; Thermocouple artifacts; Thermocouples; Thermometry; Transducers; Ultrasonic Therapy - adverse effects; Ultrasonic Therapy - methods; ultrasonics; Uncertainty; HIFU; Thermal dose; Thermocouple artifacts; Blood flow cooling; Beam positioning error; Uncertainty; Pipe flow; Temperature effect; Artefact; Acoustic beam; Wire; Convection; Transients; Uncertain system; Focusing; Blood vessel; Model test; Exposure time; Localization; Target detection; Transient response; Cooling; Ultrasonic treatment; Inference; Experimental study; Blood flow; Temperature measurement; Heat source; Power device; Ultrasonic transducer; Induced hyperthermia; Thermocouple