B-scan ultrasound imaging of thermal coagulation in bovine liver: Log envelope slope attenuation mapping

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 379-387

  Bevan, Peter D ^a   Sherar, Michael D ^b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Thermal coagulation; Thermal therapy monitoring; Tissue characterisation; Ultrasound attenuation estimation; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COAGULATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; TISSUE; TUMORS;

THERMAL THERAPY;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BREAST TUMOR; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEATING; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMAGING; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; THERMOCOAGULATION; TISSUE INJURY; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0035038892     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(00)00358-6     Document Type: Article

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