Monitoring structural changes in cells with high-frequency ultrasound signal statistics

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1041-1049

  Tunis, A S ^a,b   Czarnota, G J ^a,b,c   Giles, A ^b   Sherar, M D ^a,b,d   Hunt, J W ^a,b   Kolios, M C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Cell nucleus structure; Computer simulation; Envelope statistics; Generalized gamma; High frequency ultrasound; Rayleigh; Tissue characterization; Treatment monitoring; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CELL/NUCLEUS STRUCTURE; ENVELOPE STATISTICS; GENERALIZED GAMMA; HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; RAYLEIGH; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TREATMENT MONITORING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKEMIA CELL; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICS; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CISPLATIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 23644433197     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.04.020     Document Type: Article

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