An investigation of the use of transmission ultrasound to measure acoustic attenuation changes in thermal therapy

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 583-591

  Parmar, Neeta ^a   Kolios, Michael C ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic attenuation; Gel attenuation; Thermal therapy; Ultrasound attenuation mapping; Ultrasound phantoms

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; ATTENUATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION; GEL ATTENUATION; THERMAL THERAPY; ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION MAPPING; ULTRASOUND PHANTOMS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; POLYACRYLAMIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CALIBRATION; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PIEZOELECTRICITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SWINE;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; GELS; HEAT; LIVER; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SWINE; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33746903090     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-006-0067-8     Document Type: Article

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