Experimental Investigations of Viscous Heating Effect of Thermocouples under Focused Ultrasound Applications


Karaboce B., Cetin E., Durmus H. O., Ozdingis M., KORKMAZ H., Altun J., ...Daha Fazla

12th IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), Minnesota, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 7 - 10 Mayıs 2017, ss.88-93 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Minnesota
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.88-93
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Realization of temperature characterization on focused ultrasound treatment devices by using tissue-mimicking phantom systems (Tissue-Mimicking Material, TMM) is indispensible in pre-clinical studies. In this survey, in order to examine the viscous heating effect of thermocouples, temperature rise due to excitation of a HIFU transducer has been measured by using two different types of T-type thermocouples embedded inside the TMM. In order to obtain the temperature values from the thermocouples more effectively, a PC-based multi-channel data acquisition and monitoring interface were developed by using LabVIEW graphical development platform. Measurements were carried out inside a TMM which has characteristics like human liver tissue. Temperature rise has been characterized for the different input ultrasonic powers (25 W, 38 W and 50 W) and frequencies (1,1 MHz and 3.3 MHz) and the time intervals applied (1 s, 2 s and 3 s). The temperature values obtained from two different types of T-type thermocouple were compared to each other and discrepancies between these two different thermocouple measurements were shown with the study.