論文

査読有り 筆頭著者 国際誌
2017年5月

An uncovered risk factor of sonothrombolysis: Substantial fluctuation of ultrasound transmittance through the human skull.

Ultrasonics
  • Zuojun Wang
  • ,
  • Teppei Komatsu
  • ,
  • Hidetaka Mitsumura
  • ,
  • Norio Nakata
  • ,
  • Takeki Ogawa
  • ,
  • Yasuyuki Iguchi
  • ,
  • Masayuki Yokoyama

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開始ページ
168
終了ページ
175
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1016/j.ultras.2017.02.012

Sonothrombolysis is one of the most feasible methods for enhancing clot lysis with a recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) in cases of acute ischemic strokes. For safe and efficient clinical practices of sonothrombolysis, accurate estimation of ultrasound transmittance through the human skull is critical. Previously, we reported substantial and periodic fluctuation of ultrasound transmittance through a bone-phantom plate following changes to ultrasound frequency, the thickness of the bone-phantom plate, and the distance between a transducer and the bone-phantom plate. In the present study, we clarify the transmittance behavior of medium-frequency ultrasound (from 400kHz to 600kHz) through the human skull, and examine reduction of the transmittance fluctuation. For the study, we measured transmittance of sinusoidal ultrasound waves at 400kHz, 500kHz, and 600kHz at 13 temple spots on 3 human skulls by changing the distance between a transducer and the skull bone, and found substantial and periodic fluctuation in the transmittance behaviors for these sinusoidal voltage excitations. Degrees of the fluctuation varied depending on the measurement spots. A fluctuation ratio between the maximum transmittance and the minimum transmittance reached 3 in some spots. This large transmittance fluctuation is considered to be a risk factor for sonothrombolysis therapies. We examined a modulated ultrasound wave to reduce the fluctuation, and succeeded in obtaining considerable reduction. The average fluctuation ratios for 400-kHz, 500-kHz, and 600-kHz waves were 2.38, 2.38, and 2.07, respectively. We successfully reduced the ratio to 1.72 by using a periodic selection of random frequency (PSRF)-type of modulation wave. The thus obtained results indicate that attention to the fluctuation in ultrasound transmittance through the skull is necessary for safe and effective sonothrombolysis therapies, and that modulated ultrasound waves constitute a powerful method for reducing the risk of fluctuation.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2017.02.012
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28242510
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1016/j.ultras.2017.02.012
  • PubMed ID : 28242510

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