Table IV.
Summary of sonication duration in different subtrajectories (as percentages of total treatment time), sonication energies, and sonication efficiencies in vivo. Energies and efficiencies are reported as mean ± SD.
| Rabbit | Treatment cell size(mm) | Target tissue | Sonication on (%) | 4 mm subtr.(%) | 8 mm subtr.(%) | 12 mm subtr.(%) | Wait subtr.(%) | Energy (kJ) | Efficiency(cm3/MJ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.0 | Tumour | 70 | 70 | - | - | 30 | 4.4±0.4 | 24±0.8 |
| 2 | 4.0 | Tumour | 60 | 60 | - | - | 40 | 3.7±0.4 | 30±5.2 |
| 3 | 4.0 | Tumour | 85 | 85 | - | - | 15 | 6.2±0.2 | 14±1.7 |
| 4 | 4.0 | Tumour | 55 | 55 | - | - | 45 | 5.7±0.6 | 11±1.9 |
| 5 | 4.0 | Tumour | 70 | 70 | - | - | 30 | 5.1±0.7 | 14±5.1 |
| 6 | 4.0 | Tumour | 65 | 65 | - | - | 35 | 4.4±1.5 | 29±8.3 |
| 7 | 8.0 | Tumour | 71 | 6 | 65 | - | 29 | 7.1±0.4 | 80±5.0 |
| 8 | 4.0 | Muscle | 39 | 39 | - | - | 61 | 2.5 | 30 |
| 8 | 8.0 | Muscle | 52 | 4 | 48 | - | 48 | 4.5 | 110 |
| 8 | 12.0 | Muscle | 53 | 11 | 4 | 38 | 47 | 5.6 | 250 |
| 9 | 8.0 | Muscle | 64 | 3 | 61 | - | 36 | 3.1±0.4 | 160±20.0 |
| 10 | 8.0 | Tumour | 67 | 4 | 63 | - | 33 | 5.5±0.4 | 80±8.4 |
| 10 | 12.0 | Tumour | 79 | 12 | 4 | 63 | 21 | 6.9±0.3 | 180±7.7 |
Subtr., subtrajectory.