The effects of residual temperature rise on ultrasound heating.

Abstract In recent theoretical studies, the temperature rise produced by diagnostic ultrasound was estimated by solving the Bioheat Transfer Equation (BHTE) but ignoring the initial temperature rise. The temperature rise was determined in our study by the BHTE including an initial temperature rise. We discuss how the initial temperature rise occurs during an ultrasound examination, and how the initial temperature rise affects subsequent ultrasound heating. We theoretically show that the temperature rise produced by the ultrasound examination (exposure time of 500 s) in a tissue sample having an initial temperature rise was higher than that in a tissue sample with no initial temperature rise that was exposed to ultrasound (exposure time of 1200 s). The theoretical results for these two cases were 5.64 °C and 3.58 °C, respectively. In our experimental study, the highest temperature rise was measured in the presence of an initial temperature rise as in the theoretical study under the same exposure conditions. Mean temperature rises for tissue without an initial temperature rise and for tissue with an initial temperature rise were 2.42 ± 0.13 °C and 3.62 ± 0.17 °C, respectively. Both theoretical and experimental studies show that unless the initial temperature rise produced by the first ultrasound examination decreases to 0 °C, the next ultrasound examination on the same tissue sample may cause the temperature rise to be higher than expected. (E-mail: irfankaragoz@gazi.edu.tr )

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