Detection of acoustic emission from cavitation in tissue during clinical extracorporeal lithotripsy

被引:62
作者
Coleman, AJ
Choi, MJ
Saunders, JE
机构
[1] Medical Physics Directorate, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hosp. Trust, London
[2] Medical Physics Directorate, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hosp. Trust
关键词
cavitation; ultrasonics; lithotripsy;
D O I
10.1016/S0301-5629(96)00118-4
中图分类号
O42 [声学];
学科分类号
070206 ; 082403 ;
摘要
A 1-MHz focused hydrophone has been used to search for acoustic emission expected to arise from cavitation occurring in tissue during clinical extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL), The hydrophone is acoustically coupled to the patient's skin and the focus directed at depth in tissue under ultrasound guidance, The measured amplitude-time variation of the acoustic emission from tissue near the shock-wave focus of the Storz Modulith SL20 lithotripter has been examined in four patients, There is evidence of increased amplitude acoustic emission at 1 MHz from regions within tissue that also appear hyperechoic in simultaneously acquired ultrasound images. The acoustic emission from these regions decays from an initial peak to the noise level in about 500 mu s following each shock-wave pulse, Within this period, a second peak, often of higher amplitude than the first, is typically observed about 100 mu s after the shockwave, The time between the initial and second peaks is found to increase with increasing shock-wave amplitude, The results are similar to those previously observed from cavitation induced by shock-wave exposure in water and indicate that the 1-MHz acoustic emission arises from inertial cavitation in tissue during clinical ESWL. Copyright (C) 1996 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
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页码:1079 / 1087
页数:9
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