Intracorporeal imaging and differentiation of living tissue with an ultra-high-frequency ultrasound probe

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 503-507

  Yokosawa, Koichi ^a   Sasaki, Kazuaki ^a   Umemura, Shin ichiro ^a   Shinomura, Ryuichi ^a   Ishikawa, Shizuo ^a   Sano, Shyuzo ^a   Ito, Yukio ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellular arrangement; Histological sections; Implanted tumor; Intracorporeal living tissue; Intraoperative tissue differentiation; Lateral resolution; Mouse kidney; Rod shaped ultrasound probe; Ultra high frequency

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ONCOLOGY; PROBES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CELLULAR ARRANGEMENT; HISTOLOGICAL SECTIONS; IMPLANTED TUMOR; INTRACORPOREAL IMAGING; INTRAOPERATIVE TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE KIDNEY; ULTRAHIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND PROBE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; KIDNEY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0034076962     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(00)00147-2     Document Type: Article

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