声透镜用于经颅治疗的转向能力:数值和实验研究。

Steering Capabilities of an Acoustic Lens for Transcranial Therapy: Numerical and Experimental Studies.

出版信息

IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2020 Jan;67(1):27-37. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2019.2907556. Epub 2019 Mar 26.

Abstract

For successful brain therapy, transcranial focused ultrasound must compensate for the time shifts induced locally by the skull. The patient-specific phase profile is currently generated by multi-element arrays which, over time, have tended toward increasing element count. We recently introduced a new approach, consisting of a single-element transducer coupled to an acoustic lens of controlled thickness. By adjusting the local thickness of the lens, we were able to induce phase differences which compensated those induced by the skull. Nevertheless, such an approach suffers from an apparent limitation: the lens is a priori designed for one specific target. In this paper, we demonstrate the possibility of taking advantage of the isoplanatic angle of the aberrating skull in order to steer the focus by mechanically moving the transducer/acoustic lens pair around its initial focusing position. This study, conducted on three human skull samples, demonstrates that tilting of the transducer with the lens restores a single -3 dB focal volume at 914 kHz for a steering up to ±11 mm in the transverse direction, and ±10 mm in the longitudinal direction, around the initial focal region.

摘要

为了成功的脑部治疗,经颅聚焦超声必须补偿颅骨局部引起的时间延迟。目前,特定于患者的相位分布是通过多单元阵列生成的,随着时间的推移,这些阵列的单元数量呈增加趋势。我们最近引入了一种新方法,该方法由一个与受控厚度声透镜耦合的单元素换能器组成。通过调整透镜的局部厚度,我们能够诱导出补偿颅骨引起的相位差。然而,这种方法存在明显的局限性:透镜是为特定的目标预先设计的。在本文中,我们展示了利用变形颅骨的等晕角来通过机械地在其初始聚焦位置周围移动换能器/声透镜对来引导焦点的可能性。这项在三个人体颅骨样本上进行的研究表明,对于在初始聚焦区域周围在横向上±11mm 和纵向上±10mm 的范围内的转向,倾斜换能器和透镜可以恢复在 914kHz 时的单个-3dB 焦域。

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