The influence of soft tissue- and waterbathtemperature on quantitative ultrasound transmission parameters: An in vivo-study

Conclusion

Qus parameters are affected by temperature. QUS velocity parameters decrease with increasing waterbath-temperature, while BUA increases with increasing skin temperature. To improve accuracy and precision waterbath temperature should be kept constant. Moreover, the impact of the soft tissue temperature is not negligible, a fact that may also be important for instruments, which have a temperature controlled waterbath or which do not use water as coupling medium.