Targeted Lesion Generation Through the Skull Without Aberration Correction Using Histotripsy

This study demonstrates the ability of histotripsy to generate targeted lesions through the skullcap without using aberration correction. Histotripsy therapy was delivered using a 500-kHz 256-element hemispherical transducer with an aperture diameter of 30 cm, and a focal distance of 15 cm fabricate...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control ferroelectrics, and frequency control, 2016-05, Vol.63 (5), p.671-682
Main Authors: Sukovich, Jonathan R., Zhen Xu, Yohan Kim, Hui Cao, Thai-Son Nguyen, Pandey, Aditya S., Hall, Timothy L., Cain, Charles A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustics
cavitation
histotripsy
Lesions
Medical treatment
Phantoms
Pressure measurement
Transcranial therapy
Transducers
Ultrasonic imaging
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Summary:This study demonstrates the ability of histotripsy to generate targeted lesions through the skullcap without using aberration correction. Histotripsy therapy was delivered using a 500-kHz 256-element hemispherical transducer with an aperture diameter of 30 cm, and a focal distance of 15 cm fabricated in our laboratory. This transducer is theoretically capable of producing peak rarefactional pressures, based on linear estimation, (p-) LE , in the free field in excess of 200 MPa with pulse durations ≤2 acoustic cycles. Three excised human skullcaps were used displaying attenuations of 73%-81% of the acoustic pressure without aberration correction. Through all three skullcaps, compact lesions with radii less than 1 mm were generated in red blood cell agarose tissue phantoms without aberration correction, using estimated (p-) LE of 28-39 MPa, a pulse repetition frequency of 1 Hz, and a total number of 300 pulses. Lesion generation was consistently observed at the geometric focus of the transducer as the position of the skullcap with respect to the transducer was varied, and multiple-patterned lesions were generated transcranially by mechanically adjusting the position of the skullcap with respect to the transducer to target different regions within. These results show that compact targeted lesions with sharp boundaries can be generated through intact skullcaps using histotripsy with very short pulses without using aberration correction. Such capability has the potential to greatly simplify transcranial ultrasound therapy for noninvasive transcranial applications, as current ultrasound transcranial therapy techniques all require sophisticated aberration correction.
ISSN:0885-3010
1525-8955
DOI:10.1109/TUFFC.2016.2531504