In vivo aberration correction for transcutaneous HIFU therapy using a multielement array

Thomas, G.P.; Khokhlova, T.D.; Sapozhnikov, O.A.; Wang, Y.N.; Totten, S.I.; Khokhlova, V.A.

Авторы: Thomas G.P.L, Khokhlova T.D., Sapozhnikov O.A., Wang Y.N., Totten S.I., Khokhlova V.A.
Журнал: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
Том: 69
Номер: 10
Год издания: 2022
Издательство: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Местоположение издательства: Piscataway, NJ, United States
Первая страница: 2955
Последняя страница: 2964
DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2022.3200309
Аннотация: One of the challenges of transcutaneous high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapies, especially ones relying heavily on shock formation, such as boiling histotripsy (BH), is the loss of focusing from aberration induced by the heterogeneities of the body wall. Here, a methodology to execute aberration correction in vivo is proposed. A custom BH system consisting of a 1.5-MHz phased array of 256 elements connected to a Verasonics V1 system is used in pulse/echo mode on a porcine model under general anesthesia. Estimation of the time shifts needed to correct for aberration in the liver and kidney is done by maximizing the value of the coherence factor on the acquired backscattered signals. As this process requires multiple pulse/echo sequences on a moving target to converge to a solution, tracking is also implemented to ensure that the same target is used between each iteration. The method was validated by comparing the acoustic power needed to generate a boiling bubble at one target with aberration correction and at another target within a 5-mm radius without aberration correction. Results show that the aberration correction effectively lowers the acoustic power required to reach boiling by up to 45%, confirming that it indeed restored formation of the nonlinear shock front at the focus.
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