Table 1 Summary of results for the phase corrected focal spots (target at the geometric focus).

From: Comparison between MR and CT imaging used to correct for skull-induced phase aberrations during transcranial focused ultrasound

 

No correction

InSightec

MR binary

InSightec

MRsimCT

InSightec

CT

Hydrophone

Target pressure

0.16 ± 0.05 MPa

0.20 ± 0.03 MPa

0.22 ± 0.03 MPa

0.23 ± 0.07 MPa

0.31 ± 0.03 MPa

Peak pressure

0.19 ± 0.04 MPa

0.25 ± 0.02 MPa

0.27 ± 0.05 MPa

0.27 ± 0.05 MPa

0.31 ± 0.03 MPa

Target pressure (normalized to hydrophone)

50 ± 13%

64 ± 7%

71 ± 2%

71 ± 15%

100 ± 0%

Peak pressure (normalized to hydrophone)

59 ± 10%

79 ± 6%

85 ± 10%

87 ± 10%

100 ± 0%

Target intensity (normalized to hydrophone)

26 ± 12%

42 ± 9%

50 ± 3%

52 ± 21%

100 ± 0%

Peak intensity (normalized to hydrophone)

36 ± 12%

63 ± 10%

73 ± 17%

76 ± 17%

100 ± 0%

Positioning error

1.05 ± 0.34 mm

0.80 ± 0.41 mm

0.63 ± 0.36 mm

0.72 ± 0.47 mm

0.00 ± 0.00 mm

Focal spot volume

12.48 ± 6.71 mm3

7.53 ± 1.70 mm3

6.48 ± 1.82 mm3

5.26 ± 1.86 mm3

4.48 ± 0.67 mm3