Inducing and imaging thermal strain using a single ultrasound linear array.
For the first time, the feasibility of inducing and imaging thermal strain using an ultrasound imaging array is demonstrated. A commercial ultrasound scanner was used to heat and image a gelatin phantom with a cylindrical rubber inclusion. The inclusion was successfully characterized as an oil-bearing material using thermal strain imaging.
Huang
Sheng-Wen
SW
Kim
Kang
K
Witte
Russell S
RS
Olafsson
Ragnar
R
O'Donnell
Matthew
M
D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006361:Heating / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013817:Thermography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014159:Transducers; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods