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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ultrasound Med Biol. 2016 Apr 15;42(7):1512–1530. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2016.02.012

Table 1.

Experiment parameters. Larger cone images can be found in Supplemental Figure 9.

Experiment Center frequency (MHz) Diameter (in.) Focusing Cone US parameters N mice
A 0.5 1 planar graphic file with name nihms764208t1.jpg Frequency: 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, and 0.6 MHz
Duration: 80 ms CW and 40,000 cycles
Intensities:
4 intensities plus sham for each frequency, within a range from 0.1 to 3.5 W/cm2 sppa after attenuation
5
B 1.0 0.75 1.90″ PTF graphic file with name nihms764208t2.jpg Frequency: 0.6, 1.0, and 1.4 MHz
Duration: 80 ms CW
Intensities: 5 intensities plus sham for each frequency, within a range from 0.02 to 9.4 W/cm2 sppa after attenuation
5
C 2.25 0.75 1″ PTF graphic file with name nihms764208t3.jpg Frequency: 1.4, 1.9, 2.4, and 2.9 MHz
Duration: 80 ms CW
Intensities: 4 intensities plus sham for each frequency, within a range from 1.1 to 127 W/cm2 sppa after attenuation
5
D 0.5 1 1.25″ PTF graphic file with name nihms764208t4.jpg Frequency: 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, and 0.6 MHz
Duration: 80 ms CW
Intensities: 4 intensities plus sham for each frequency, within a range from 0.04 to 3.1 W/cm2 sppa after attenuation
5
E 2.25 0.75 1″ PTF graphic file with name nihms764208t5.jpg Frequency: 1.4 and 2.9 MHz
Duration: 80 ms CW
Intensities:
at 1.4 MHz, 56.9 W/cm2 sppa after attenuation plus sham; at 2.9 MHz, 90.7 W/cm2 sppa after attenuation plus sham
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CW = continuous wave; PTF = point target focus; SPPA = spatial peak pulsed average; US = ultrasound.