Influence of mode conversions in the skull on transcranial focused ultrasound and temperature fields utilizing the wave field separation method: A numerical study
Wang Xiang-Da1, 2, Lin Wei-Jun1, †, Su Chang1, Wang Xiu-Ming1
       

(color online) Y: with mode conversions; N: without mode conversions; TR: temperature rise. Computational model numbers 1–8 represent the computational models in Figs. 3(a)–3(h), respectively. (a) Temperature rise at the focus, (b) maximal temperature rise around skull, (c) drop percentage of the temperature rise at focus with mode conversions compared with one without mode conversions, and (d) ratios of the maximal temperature rise around the skull to temperature rise at focus.