Test materials for characterising heating from HIFU devices using photoacoustic thermometry

Marina Bakaric; Bajram Zeqiri; Benjamin T. Cox; Bradley E. Treeby

doi:10.1117/12.2542429

28 February 2020 Test materials for characterising heating from HIFU devices using photoacoustic thermometry

Marina Bakaric, Bajram Zeqiri, Benjamin T. Cox, Bradley E. Treeby

Proceedings Volume 11240, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2020; 112401D (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2542429
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2020, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a non-invasive thermal therapy during which a focused ultrasound beam is used to destroy cells within a confined volume of tissue. Due to its increased use and advancements in treatment delivery, various numerical models are being developed for use in treatment planning software. In order to validate these models, as well as to perform routine quality checks and transducer characterisation, a temperature monitoring technique capable of accurately mapping the temperature rise induced is necessary. Photoacoustic thermometry is a rapidly emerging technique for non-invasive temperature monitoring, where the temperature dependence of the Gruneisen parameter leads to changes in the recorded photoacoustic signal amplitude with temperature. In order to use this technique to assess heating induced by HIFU in a metrology setting, a suitable test material must first be selected that exhibits an increase in the generated photoacoustic signal with temperature. In this study, the temperature dependence of the photoacoustic conversion efficiency (μaΓ) of several tissue-mimicking materials was measured for temperatures between 22 °C and 50 °C. Materials included were agar-based phantoms, copolymer-in-oil, gel wax, PVA cryogels, PVCP and silicone. This information provided a basis for the development of a volumetric phantom, which was sonicated in a proof-of-concept integrated photoacoustic thermometry system for monitoring of HIFU-induced heating. The results show the suitability of agar-based phantoms and photoacoustic thermometry to image the 3D heat distribution generated by a HIFU transducer.

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Marina Bakaric, Bajram Zeqiri, Benjamin T. Cox, and Bradley E. Treeby "Test materials for characterising heating from HIFU devices using photoacoustic thermometry", Proc. SPIE 11240, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2020, 112401D (28 February 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2542429

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Photoacoustic spectroscopy

Transducers

Temperature metrology

Thermometry

Ultrasonography

Tissue optics

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