Adaptive optimization on ultrasonic transmission tomography-based temperature image for biomedical treatment*

Project supported by the DoD/BCRP Idea Award BC095397P1, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61201425), and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, China.

Zhu Yun-Hao1, Yuan Jie1, †, Pinter Stephen Z2, Kripfgans Oliver D2, Cheng Qian4, Wang Xue-Ding4, Tao Chao3, Liu Xiao-Jun3, Xu Guan2, Carson Paul L2
       

(color online) Temperature images and comparisons. (a) Original 3D map of temperature from the segmentation of the speed of sound image using the reflection image; (b) temperature image from our previous method; (c) temperature image from our proposed method; (d) comparison among temperature profiles; (e) comparison among temperature mean variations.