Monitoring stiffness changes in lesions after radiofrequency ablation at different temperatures and durations of ablation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 415-422

  Bharat, Shyam ^a,b   Techavipoo, Udomchai ^a,b   Kiss, Miklos Z ^a   Liu, Wu ^a   Varghese, Tomy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Elasticity; Elasticity imaging; Elastogram; Elastography; Radiofrequency ablation; Stiffness; Strain; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THERMAL EFFECTS; TISSUE;

CONTRAST-TO-NOISE RATIO (CNR); ELASTOGRAPHY; RADIOFREQUENCY (RF) ABLATION; THERMAL LESIONS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOG; ELASTOGRAPHY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIVER; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RIGIDITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DOGS; ELASTICITY; HEAT; LIVER; NECROSIS; RADIO WAVES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14744279544     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.12.020     Document Type: Article

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