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ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
卷 49, 期 8, 页码 1852-1860出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2023.04.015
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Microbubbles; High-intensity focused ultrasound; Ultrasound contrast agents; Acoustic shadowing; Hyperthermia; Perfusion; Heated area; Thermal lesion
This study aimed to investigate the use of HIFU with microbubble injections under image guidance to enhance thermal therapy. The results showed that inertial cavitation of microbubbles led to temperature elevation in non-perfused liver, while local injections of microbubbles were necessary to achieve significant temperature enhancement in perfused liver.
sity focused ultrasound (HIFU) at different acoustic pressures and under image guidance. The microbubbles were administered with either local or vascular injections (that mimic systemic injections) in perfused and non-perfused ex vivo porcine liver under ultrasound image guidance. Methods: Porcine liver was insonified for 30 s with a single-element HIFU transducer (0.9 MHz, 0.413 ms, 82% duty cycle, focal pressures of 0.6-3.5 MPa). Contrast microbubbles were injected either locally or through the vasculature. A needle thermocouple at the focus measured temperature elevation. Diagnostic ultrasound (Philips iU22, C5-1 probe) guided placement of the thermocouple and delivery of microbubbles and monitored the procedure in real time. Results: At lower acoustic pressures (0.6 and 1.2 MPa) in non-perfused liver, inertial cavitation of the injected microbubbles led to greater temperatures at the focus compared with HIFU-only treatments. At higher pressures (2.4 and 3.5 MPa) native inertial cavitation in the tissue (without injecting microbubbles) resulted in temperature elevations similar to those after injecting microbubbles. The heated area was larger when using microbubbles at all pressures. In the presence of perfusion, only local injections provided a sufficiently high concentration of microbubbles necessary for significant temperature enhancement. Conclusion: Local injections of microbubbles provide a higher concentration of microbubbles in a smaller area, avoiding acoustic shadowing, and can lead to higher temperature elevation at lower pressures and increase the size of the heated area at all pressures.
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