A localization method of lesions induced by High Intensity Focused Ultrasound based on acoustic backscatter change

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3673-3676

  Zheng, Xinliang ^a   Vaezy, Shahram ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; DATA PROCESSING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTERS; B-MODE IMAGES; BACK-SCATTERED; CHICKEN BREASTS; EX-VIVO; FOCAL SPOTS; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUNDS; LOCALIZATION ACCURACIES; LOCALIZATION METHODS; NON-INVASIVE TECHNIQUES; PROCESSING METHODS; RADIO-FREQUENCY SIGNALS; RF DATUM; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES;

SONOCHEMISTRY;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 61849168101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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