Investigation of temperature-dependent viscoelastic properties of thermal lesions in ex vivo animal liver tissue

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 959-966

  Kiss, Miklos Z ^a   Daniels, Matthew J ^b   Varghese, Tomy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastography; Modulus; Radio frequency ablation; Thermal lesion; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL SPECIES; ELASTOGRAPHY; EX-VIVO; FREQUENCY RANGES; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT COMPLEX MODULUS; HEPATIC TUMORS; LIVER TISSUES; LOCAL MAXIMUM; MODULUS; MODULUS VALUES; NEW RESULTS; RADIO FREQUENCY ABLATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENTS; THERMAL LESION; VISCO-ELASTIC PROPERTIES; VISCOELASTIC CHARACTERISTICS;

ABLATION; ELASTICITY; LIVER; RADIO WAVES; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTENT;

RADIO;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELASTOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; IMMERSION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SWINE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL INJURY; VISCOELASTICITY; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIVER; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 67349245141     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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