Radiation force localization of HIFU therapeutic beams coupled with Magnetic Resonance-Elastography treatment monitoring, In vivo application to the rat brain

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 451-454

  Larrat, B ^a   Pernot, M ^a   Aubry, J F ^a   Sinkus, R ^a   Tanter, M ^a   Fink, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; STIFFNESS; TISSUE;

ABERRATION CORRECTION; ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE; COMPLEX SHEAR MODULUS; IN-VIVO EXPERIMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; THERAPEUTIC BEAMS; TISSUE STIFFNESS; TREATMENT MONITORING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 67649337302     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2008.0110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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