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Table 4 Mean (X T ), standard deviation (SD T ), ΔT, and heating area (ROI) for each phantom and sample (1:10 pulsed regimen)

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

Sample

X T (°C)

SDT (°C)

ΔT (°C)

ROI—heating area (cm2)

Phbl

26.3

0.5

0.3

10.1

Phcyl

26.5

0.3

0.8

8.7

F1

27.7

0.6

2.9

9.2

F2

27.1

0.5

2.1

7.2

F3

27.1

0.3

2.1

7.0

F4

26.1

0.2

2.1

2.3

F5

25.8

0.3

1.9

4.1

T1

26.8

0.7

2.6

11.8

T2

25.8

0.7

1.5

12.6

T3

26.5

0.5

2.3

10.0

T4

26.8

0.7

1.0

11.6

T5

27.2

0.5

2.0

10.5

Phbl *

26.1

1.1

1.2

15.5

Fc1

26.3

1.1

2.2

11.7

Fc2

26.2

1.1

1.3

9.1

Fc3

26.3

1.1

1.5

6.4

Fc4

26.2

0.8

0.8

9.9

Fc5

26.2

0.8

0.8

10.3