In Vivo Guidance and Assessment of Liver Radio-Frequency Ablation with Acoustic Radiation Force Elastography

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1590-1603

  Fahey, Brian J ^a   Nelson, Rendon C ^a   Hsu, Stephen J ^a   Bradway, David P ^a   Dumont, Douglas M ^a   Trahey, Gregg E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal imaging; Acoustic radiation force; Clinical trial; Elastography; Radio frequency Ablation; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL IMAGING; ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE; ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCES; BOUNDARY DEFINITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLINICAL TRIALS; ELASTOGRAPHY; IN-VIVO; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION; ULTRASOUND;

ABLATION;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THERMAL INJURY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 52049098922     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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