Fundamental limitations of noninvasive temperature imaging by means of ultrasound echo strain estimation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1319-1333

  Miller, Naomi R ^a   Bamber, Jeffrey C ^a   Meaney, Paul M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Focused ultrasound surgery; Liver; Mixture law; Sound speed; Strain; Treatment guidance; Ultrasonic temperature imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SURGERY; TISSUE;

THERMAL LESSIONS;

ULTRASONICS;

FAT; LIPID;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FAT CONTENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART MOVEMENT; HEATING; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; NOISE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RADIATION BEAM; REDUCTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL INJURY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

BODY TEMPERATURE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEAT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0036815626     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00608-7     Document Type: Article

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