Abstract：
:Ultrasound shock wave therapy is increasingly used for non-invasive surgery. It requires the focusing of very high pressure amplitude in precisely controlled focal spots. In transcostal therapy of the heart or the liver, the high impedance mismatch between the bones and surrounding tissues gives rise to strong aberrations and attenuation of the therapeutic wavefront, with potential risks of injury at the tissue-bone interface. An adaptive propagation of the ultrasonic beam through the intercostal spaces would be required. Several solutions have been developed so far, but they require a prior knowledge of the patient's anatomy or an invasive calibration process, not applicable in clinic. Here, we develop a non-invasive adaptive focusing method for ultrasound therapy through the ribcage using a time reversal cavity (TRC) acting as an ultrasonic beam amplifier. This method is based on ribcage imaging through the TRC and a projection orthogonally to the strongest identified reflectors. The focal pressure of our device was improved by up to 30% using such self-adaptive processing, without degrading the focal spots size and shape. This improvement allowed lesion formation in an Ultracal® phantom through a ribcage without invasive calibration of the device. This adaptive method could be particularly interesting to improve the efficiency and the safety of pulsed cavitational therapy of the heart or the liver.
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Phys Med Bioljournal_title
Physics in medicine and biologyauthors
Robin J,Simon A,Arnal B,Tanter M,Pernot Mdoi
10.1088/1361-6560/aad9b5subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-09-06 00:00:00pages
175014issue
17eissn
0031-9155issn
1361-6560journal_volume
63pub_type
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