er driven by a continuous wave sinusoid at 1 MHz with a surface pressure of 500 kPa. Note, the surface pressure is relatively high to achieve the required focal pressure to ablate the tissue. This is because the simulation is in 2D, and thus the focusing gain is much less than an equivalent simulation in 3D using a focused bowl transducer of the same radius and diameter.</p>

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<h2>Running the thermal simulation</h2>

<p>After the acoustic simulation, the acoustic pressure amplitude in