Feasibility of monitoring HIFU prostate cancer therapy using elastography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4325, Issue , 2001, Pages 392-399

  Souchon, R ^a   Chapelon, J Y ^a   Bertrand, M ^a   Kallel, F ^a   Ophir, J ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; Elasticity; Elastography; HIFU; Imaging; Prostate; Stiffness; Strain; Therapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POISSON RATIO; SCANNING; STIFFNESS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TISSUE;

ELASTOGRAPHY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND (HIFU); ULTRASOUND SCANNERS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0034859362     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.428216     Document Type: Article

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