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Real-Time Photoacoustic Thermometry Combined With Clinical Ultrasound Imaging and High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment is a promising non-invasive method for killing or destroying the diseased tissues by locally delivering thermal and mechanical energy without damaging surrounding normal tissues. In HIFU, measuring the temperature at the site of delivery is importan...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering 2019-12, Vol.66 (12), p.3330-3338
Main Authors: Kim, Jeesu, Choi, Wonseok, Park, Eun-Yeong, Kang, Youngnam, Lee, Ki Jong, Kim, Hyung Ham, Kim, Won Jong, Kim, Chulhong
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Language:English
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Summary:High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment is a promising non-invasive method for killing or destroying the diseased tissues by locally delivering thermal and mechanical energy without damaging surrounding normal tissues. In HIFU, measuring the temperature at the site of delivery is important for improving therapeutic efficacy, controlling safety, and appropriately planning a treatment. Several researchers have proposed photoacoustic thermometry for monitoring HIFU treatment, but they had many limitations, including the inability to image while the HIFU is on, inability to provide two-dimensional monitoring, and the inability to be used clinically. In this paper, we propose a novel integrated real-time photoacoustic thermometry system for HIFU treatment monitoring. The system provides ultrasound B-mode imaging, photoacoustic structural imaging, and photoacoustic thermometry during HIFU treatment in real-time for both in vitro and in vivo environments, without any interference from the strong therapeutic HIFU waves. We have successfully tested the real-time photoacoustic thermometry by investigating the relationship between the photoacoustic amplitude and the measured temperature with in vitro phantoms and in vivo tumor-bearing mice. The results show the feasibility of a real-time photoacoustic thermometry system for safe and effective monitoring of HIFU treatment.
ISSN:0018-9294
1558-2531
DOI:10.1109/TBME.2019.2904087