Challenges and implementation of radiation-force imaging with an intracardiac ultrasound transducer

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 996-1009

  Hsu, Stephen J ^b   Fahey, Brian J ^b   Dumont, Douglas M ^b   Wolf, Patrick D ^a,b   Trahey, Gregg E ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE (ARFI); MYOCARDIUM; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION (RFA); ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ABLATION; BIOMIMETICS; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 34250207722     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.345     Document Type: Article

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