Prostate cryotherapy monitoring using vibroacoustography: Preliminary results of an ex vivo study and technical feasibility

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2584-2592

  Mitri, Farid G ^a   Davis, Brian J ^b   Alizad, Azra ^a   Greenleaf, James F ^a   Wilson, Torrence M ^b   Mynderse, Lance A ^b   Fatemi, Mostafa ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryosurgery; Prostate cancer; Ultrasound; Vibroacoustography (VA)

Indexed keywords

BASE-LINES; DEGASSED WATERS; DRY ICES; EX-VIVO; FROZEN TISSUES; HUMAN PROSTATES; PILOT STUDIES; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE TISSUES; TECHNICAL FEASIBILITIES; TIME INTERVALS; ULTRASOUND; UNIFORM REGIONS; VIBROACOUSTOGRAPHY; VIBROACOUSTOGRAPHY (VA);

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYOSURGERY; CRYOTHERAPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TANKS (CONTAINERS); THAWING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; WATER TANKS;

TISSUE;

ALCOHOL; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FREEZE THAWING; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; MALE; MONITORING; TANK; TEMPERATURE; VIBROACOUSTOGRAPHY;

CRYOSURGERY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 55749102719     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.2001284     Document Type: Article

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