Ultrasound properties of liver tissue during heating

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1395-1403

  Gertner, M R ^a,b   Wilson, B C ^a   Sherar, M D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Backscatter; Cancer; Chemical kinetics; Hyperthermia; Minimally invasive thermal therapy; Ultrasonic tissue characterization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATTENUATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

MINIMALLY INVASIVE THERMAL THERAPY (MITT);

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINETICS; LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEAT; LIVER; MATHEMATICS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEINS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030679758     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00150-6     Document Type: Article

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