Presentation
5 March 2021 Ultrasound-mediated hyperthermia with the guidance of x-ray-induced radiation acoustic imaging
Author Affiliations +
Abstract
A new concept to achieve ultrasound-mediated hyperthermia (USHT) with the guidance of X-ray-induced radiation acoustic imaging (xRAI) is proposed. During radiation therapy of cancer patients, the received acoustic signals for xRAI can be used to correct the aberration caused by inhomogeneous acoustic property of human skull and provide guidance for focused ultrasound to achieve USHT with the same ultrasound array at the X-ray dose deposition area. To prove this concept, simulations with a human head model were made for both point targets and a tumor volume. The focused acoustic patterns with and without xRAI-based aberration correction were compared. The feasibility of this xRAI-guided USHT concept was further demonstrated by experimental studies using a human skull.
Conference Presentation
© (2021) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Kai-Wei Chang, Wei Zhang, Paul L. Carson, Issam El Naqa, and Xueding Wang "Ultrasound-mediated hyperthermia with the guidance of x-ray-induced radiation acoustic imaging", Proc. SPIE 11642, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2021, 1164211 (5 March 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2576427
Advertisement
Advertisement
KEYWORDS
Ultrasonography

Acoustics

Head

Transducers

Magnetic resonance imaging

Real time imaging

Tumors

Back to Top