Elastographic imaging of thermal lesions in soft tissue: A preliminary study in vitro

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1449-1458

  Stafford, R Jason ^a   Kallel, Faouzi ^b   Price, Roger E ^a   Cromeens, Douglas M ^a   Krouskop, Thomas A ^c   Hazle, John D ^a   Ophir, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastography; High intensity focused ultrasound; Magnetic resonance imaging; Minimally invasive surgery; Neodymium YAG laser; Strain; Tissue ablation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

LASER ABLATION; LASER SURGERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; STRAIN; TISSUE; VISUALIZATION;

ELASTOGRAPHIC IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE; THERMAL LESIONS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; KIDNEY; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHEEP; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES;

EID: 0032411139     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00099-4     Document Type: Article

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