桥梁光声学和原声学成像:材料异质性对使用飞行时间分析验证质子范围的影响
Sangwoon Jeong1, Wonjoong Cheon2, Youngyih Han3
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju 26426, Republic of Korea.
Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)
|October 29, 2025
概括
原声学成像使用声波来验证质子疗法范围. 组织变异,特别是肺组织,显著影响准确性,需要为临床用途进行调整.
科学领域:
- 医疗成像医学成像
- 物理 物理学 物理
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
背景情况:
- 光声学和原声学成像通过光学吸收或质子布拉格峰分别产生声波.
- 组织异质性在这些成像方式中显著影响声信号传播和检测准确性.
研究的目的:
- 研究材料变异对基于飞行时间 (TOF) 的声信号分析对原声质子范围验证的影响.
- 提供适用于光声成像方法的见解.
主要方法:
- 分析了由于水的温度变化而导致的声信号变化.
- 在异质幻影中评估范围错误,包括包含肺部的病例.
- 模拟的临床场景,探测器位于空气或低密度组织附近.
主要成果:
- 水中的±15°C温度差异导致了最小的0.04μs延迟.
- 包含肺部的幻影导致质子范围误差高达3.72毫米.
- 临床模拟显示高达192.4毫米的高估值,25个探测器位置中只有2个符合<2毫米误差标准.
结论:
- 组织组成和声学异质性极大地影响原声波的传播和范围的准确性.
- 准确的原声波范围验证需要考虑材料变化,特别是在肺部区域.
- 解决这些变异对于原声成像在质子疗法中的临床适用性至关重要.
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