Assessment of Parameter of Nonlinearity (B/A) and Parameter of h in Ultrasound Propagation for monitor HIFU treatmen

Bagheri, Fateme; Behnam, Hamid; Tavakoli, Jahangir; Rahimian, Siavash

doi:10.22041/ijbme.2011.13145

Document Type : Full Research Paper

Authors

¹ Department of Biomedical Engineering , Faculty of Electrical Engineering , Iran University of Science and Technology

² Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering , Faculty of Electrical Engineering , Iran University of Science and Technology

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Phsics , Ryerson University

10.22041/ijbme.2011.13145

Abstract

In this study we evaluate parameter of nonlinearity and parameter of h by measuring of the amplitude of the second harmonic component and the fundamental component.This method is a variation of the finiteamplitude that has been adopted for pulse echo measurements. We used normal and cooked pork muscle in-vitro. For B/A the result is showed as image and for h the result obtain as absolute mean.The result showed that these parameters can distinguish between normal and cooked tissue.This method was considered to be usable for control and monitoring HIFU.

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Main Subjects

Biomedical Image Processing / Medical Image Processing

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Iranian Journal of Biomedical Engineering

Assessment of Parameter of Nonlinearity (B/A) and Parameter of h in Ultrasound Propagation for monitor HIFU treatmen

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Volume 5, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
June 2011
Pages 117-125

Assessment of Parameter of Nonlinearity (B/A) and Parameter of h in Ultrasound Propagation for monitor HIFU treatmen

References

References

Volume 5, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2June 2011Pages 117-125

Volume 5, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
June 2011
Pages 117-125