Noninvasive real-time multipoint temperature control for ultrasound phased array treatments

A method for noninvasively estimating spatiotemporal temperature changes in samples using diagnostic ultrasound, and using these as inputs to a multipoint ultrasound phased array temperature controller, is presented in this paper. This method is based on a linear relationship between the apparent ti...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control ferroelectrics, and frequency control, 1996-11, Vol.43 (6), p.1063-1073
Main Authors: Seip, R., VanBaren, P., Cain, C.A., Ebbini, E.S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustic materials
Heating
Phase change materials
Phase estimation
Phased arrays
Spatiotemporal phenomena
Temperature control
Thermal expansion
Ultrasonic imaging
Yield estimation
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Summary:A method for noninvasively estimating spatiotemporal temperature changes in samples using diagnostic ultrasound, and using these as inputs to a multipoint ultrasound phased array temperature controller, is presented in this paper. This method is based on a linear relationship between the apparent tissue echo pattern displacements and temperature, as seen along A-lines acquired with diagnostic ultrasound when the sample is heated by external heating fields. The proportionality constant between echo displacement and temperature is determined by the local change in speed of sound due to temperature and the linear coefficient of thermal expansion of the material. Accurate estimation of the displacements and proportionality constant yields accurate calibrated high-resolution (1 mm spatial, sub-/spl deg/C) noninvasive sample temperature estimates. These are used as inputs to a multipoint temperature controller, capable of controlling ultrasound phased array treatments in real-time. Phantom and in vitro results show that the noninvasively estimated temperature values can effectively be used to control ultrasound hyperthermia treatments, almost replacing invasive thermocouple measurements. The mathematical background and assumptions of the noninvasive temperature estimator and the controller are presented in this paper, together with experimental results showing estimator and controller performance and limitations. To the best of our knowledge, this paper presents the first demonstration of real-time treatment control based entirely on noninvasive temperature estimates.
ISSN:0885-3010
1525-8955
DOI:10.1109/58.542050