Generating and monitoring mild hyperthermia using a ring array ultrasound transducer.
David BustamanteYan YanTrevor M MitchamRehman AliBrian MarplesKimberly R GergelisPeter J LittrupNebojsa DuricMohammad MehrMohammadiPublished in: International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group (2024)
A ring array US transducer can noninvasively generate and monitor MHTh, overcoming many limitations of current clinical systems. The closed geometry of the transducer is optimal for acoustic focusing and UST-guidance allows for improved aberration correction in a heterogenous medium. Utilizing UST thermometry with the same ring array US transducer will allow for implementing an image-guided, temperature-controlled, all-acoustic MHTh system.