The feasibility of a noise elimination method using continuous wave response of therapeutic ultrasound signals for ultrasonic monitoring of high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment

ConclusionsThe proposed method can be applicable even if homogeneous tissues or organs move axially or laterally to the direction of HIFU exposure because of breathing. A condition under which the proposed algorithm failed was when instantaneous tissue changes such as cavitation bubble generation occurred in the tissue, at which time the reflected continuous wave response became less steady.
Source: Journal of Medical Ultrasonics - Category: Radiology Source Type: research