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Temperature imaging with speed of ultrasonic transmission tomography for medical treatment control: A physical model-based method
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Chu Zhe-Qi a), Yuan Jie† a) , Pinter Stephen Z. b), Kripfgans Oliver D. b), Wang Xue-Ding b), Carson Paul L.‡ b), Liu Xiao-Jun c) |
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| (a) Cylindrical flow phantom of cooled gelatin in a water bath heated to 38 °C; (b) speed of sound image, with 15% gelatin (white cylinder with centered dark hole from cooled water in a thin walled latex tube) and with a very attenuating thick walled silicone flow return tube outside the gelatin at 8 o’clock; (c) reflection image; (d) prior relationship of speed of ultrasound with temperature for gelatin and water; (e) transitional area rough segmentation; (f) optimized transitional area segmentation. |
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