In vivo hyperthermia effect induced by high-intensity pulsed ultrasound |
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Authors: | Cui Wei-Cheng Tu Juan Hwang Joo-Ha Li Qian Fan Ting-Bo Zhang Dong Chen Jing-Hai Chen Wei-Zhong |
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Affiliation: | a Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, MOE, and Institute of Acoustics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;b Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA;c Department of Cardiology of Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA |
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Abstract: | Hyperthermia effects (39--44 ℃) induced by pulsed high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) have been regarded as a promising therapeutic tool for boosting immune responses or enhancing drug delivery into solid tumor. However, previous studies also reported that the cell death occurs when cells are maintained at 43 ℃ for more than 20 minutes. The aim of this study is to investigate thermal responses inside in vivo rabbit auricular veins exposed to pulsed HIFU (1.17 MHz, 5300 W/cm2, with relatively low-duty ratios (0.2%--4.3%). The results show that: (1) with constant pulse repetition frequency (PRF) (e.g., 1 Hz), the thermal responses inside the vessel will increase with the increasing duty ratio; (2) a temperature elevation to 43 ℃ can be identified at the duty ratio of 4.3%; (3) with constant duty ratios, the change of PRF will not significantly affect the temperature measurement in the vessel; (4) as the duty ratios lower than 4.3%, the presence of microbubbles will not significantly enhance the thermal responses in the vessel, but will facilitate HIFU-induced inertial cavitation events. |
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Keywords: | hyperthermia effects high-intensity focused ultrasound duty ratio ultrasound contrast agents |
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