A feasibility study of prostate needle biopsy supported by freehand elasticity imaging

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1254-1257

  Yamakawa, Makoto ^a   Nitta, Naotaka ^a   Shiina, Tsuyoshi ^a   Matsumura, Takeshi ^b   Tamano, Satoshi ^b   Mitake, Tsuyoshi ^b   Miyanaga, Naoto ^a   Akaza, Hideyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CORRELATION METHODS; ELASTICITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PATIENT TREATMENT; STRAIN; TISSUE;

ELASTICITY IMAGING; PROSTATE GLANDS; STATIC COMPRESSION; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY (TRUS);

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 4143052251     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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2. M. Yamakawa and T. Shiina, "Strain Estimation Using the Extended Combined Autocorrelation Method", Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., vol.40 (2001), pp.3872.
3. M. Yamakawa et al., "High-speed Freehand Tissue Elasticity Imaging for Breast Diagnosis", Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., vol.42 (2003), pp.3265.
4. T. Shiina et al., "Real-Time Robust Imaging of Tissue Elasticity Based on the Extended Combined Autocorrelation Method", proc. of the International Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, p.40 (2002).