Finite element analysis of tissue deformation with a radiofrequency ablation electrode for strain imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-288

  Jiang, Jingfeng ^b   Varghese, Tomy ^a,b   Chen, Quan ^a,b   Hall, Timothy J ^b   Zagzebski, James A ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE GUIDANCE; MOTION TRACKING ALGORITHM; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION ELECTRODES; STRAIN IMAGING;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33846853620     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.242     Document Type: Article

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