Evaluating Tissue Changes with Ultrasound During Radiofrequency Ablation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 586-597

  Gaitini, Diana ^a   Zivari, Morris ^a   Abadi, Sobhi ^a   Goldberg, S Nahum ^b   Adam, Dan ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

RF ablation; Spectral analysis; Thermal treatment; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; POWER SPECTRUM; RADIANT HEATING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

FREQUENCY CHANGES; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TISSUE CHANGES;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEATING; IN VITRO STUDY; LINEAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TURKEY (BIRD); ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TEMPERATURE; TURKEYS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 40949146519     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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