Publications by authors named "Alice Ganeau"
Dynamic Ultrasound Focusing and Centimeter-Scale Ex Vivo Tissue Ablations With a CMUT Probe Developed for Endocavitary HIFU Therapies.
IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control
November 2023
Article Synopsis
- Thermal ablation of localized prostate tumors using ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (USgHIFU) faces challenges, which may be improved by integrating advanced imaging and therapy techniques.
- Capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducers (CMUTs) offer advantages like miniaturization and higher efficiency compared to traditional piezoelectric transducers, leading to the development of a dual-mode USgHIFU probe for prostate cancer treatment.
- The feasibility of this CMUT-based probe was demonstrated through successful thermal ablation experiments on porcine liver tissue, showing it can effectively target localized tumors while enabling enhanced treatment techniques like dynamic focusing and probe movement.