A performance analysis of echographic ultrasonic techniques for non-invasive temperature estimation in hyperthermia range using phantoms with scatterers

Ultrasonics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 358-376

  Bazan I ^a   Vazquez, M ^b   Ramos, A ^c   Vera, A ^a   Leija, L ^a  

^a CINVESTAV IPN Electrical Engineering Department   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Echo graphic ultrasonic techniques; Hyperthermia optimization; Multi scatterer phantoms; Non invasive temperature estimation; Temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LINEARIZATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; SECURITY OF DATA; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS;

A THERMALS; APPLICATION PROTOCOLS; CLINICAL PRACTICES; CLINICAL USE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURES; ECHO-GRAPHIC ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUES; ESTIMATION RESULTS; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; EVALUATION INDEXES; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYPERTHERMIA OPTIMIZATION; LINEAR FREQUENCY DEPENDENCES; MULTI PULSE; MULTI-SCATTERER PHANTOMS; NON-INVASIVE TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PHASE DOMAINS; PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; PROCESSING TIME; QUADRATIC REGRESSIONS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RESEARCH TRENDS; SCATTERING STRUCTURES; SIGNAL PATTERNS; SOUND VELOCITIES; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE RESOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE RISINGS; TIME DOMAINS; ULTRASOUND VELOCITIES;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 60549100687     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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