64-Element intraluminal ultrasound cylindrical phased array for transesophageal thermal ablation under fast MR temperature mapping: An ex vivo study

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2926-2934

  Melodelima, D ^a   Salomir, R ^a   Mougenot, C ^b   Moonen, C ^b   Cathignol, D ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UMR 5287   (France)

Author keywords

Intraluminal; MR; Oesophagus; Phased array; Therapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; APPLICATORS; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; HISTOLOGY; MAMMALS; RADIO INTERFERENCE; THERMOMETERS; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

GRADIENT ECHO SEQUENCES; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; INTRALUMINAL; OESOPHAGUS; RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE; SUSCEPTIBILITY ARTIFACTS; TEMPERATURE MONITORING; THERAPY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

LATEX;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALLOON; DEVICE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; LIVER; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONLINE MONITORING; PHASED ARRAY INTRALUMINAL ULTRASOUND APPLICATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ROTATION; SWINE; THERMOMETRY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL THERMAL ABLATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33746638743     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2218064     Document Type: Article

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