Assessing heating distribution by therapeutic ultrasound on bone phantoms and in vitro human samples using infrared thermography

Conclusions
Commercially available bone phantoms could be used in research focusing on thermal effects of ultrasound. Small differences in mean and standard deviation temperatures were observed between bone samples and phantoms. Temperature can reach more than 10 °C inside the medullar canal on a fixed probe position which may lead to severe cellular damage.

Source: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound - April 4, 2016 Category: Radiology Source Type: research