Detection of tissue coagulation by decorrelation of ultrasonic echo signals in cavitation-enhanced high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment

Table 1 The comparison between the observed and estimated coagulation area

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Observed coagulation area in histology, A _HE [mm²]	26	32	48	48	59
Estimated coagulation area, A _US [mm²]	21	40	55	40	48
Cross-correlation coefficient threshold for 500-ms intervals	0.7	0.75	0.7	0.65	0.7
Ratio of A _US to A _HE (%)	81	125	114	83	81

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