Assessment of Pixel Shift in Ultrasound Images Due to Local Temperature Changes During the Laser Interstitial Thermotherapy of Liver: In Vitro Study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 934-940

  Mokhtari Dizaji, Manijhe ^a   Gorjiara, Tina ^a   Ghanaati, Hossein ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Imaging; LITT; Pixel shift; Temperature; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CARBONIZATION; FIBER LASERS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LASER ABLATION; LINEAR REGRESSION; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; LASER INTERSTITIAL THERMOTHERAPY (LITT); PIXEL SHIFTS; REGRESSION FUNCTIONS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVAPORATION; IMAGING; LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP;

EID: 34249333081     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.10.023     Document Type: Article

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