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Improving Sonication Efficiency in Transcranial MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment: A Patient-Data Simulation
Changsoo Kim1, Matthew Eames2,3, Dong-Guk Paeng2,4
1Research Institute for Basic Sciences, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
The potential improvement in sonication efficiency achieved by tilting the focused ultrasound (FUS) transducer of the transcranial MR-guided FUS system is presented. A total of 56 cases of patient treatment data were used. The relative position of the clinical FUS transducer to the patient's head was reconstructed, and region-specific skull density and porosity were calculated based on the patient's CT volume image. The total transmission coefficient of acoustic waves emitted from each channel was calculated. Then, the total energy penetrating the human skull-which represents the sonication efficiency-was estimated. As a result, improved sonication efficiency was by titling the FUS transducer to a more appropriate angle achieved in all 56 treatment cases. This simulation result suggests the potential improvement in transcranial-focused ultrasound treatment by simply adjusting the transducer angle.
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