Comparison of ultrasound strain images with multi-modality imaging techniques in liver rf ablation assessment: Initial ex vivo and clinical results

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 313-316

  Fernandez, Anna T ^a   Kolokythas, Orpheus ^b   Gauthier, Thomas ^c   Herzka, Daniel A ^a   Patil, Abhay V ^d   Xie, Hua ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast CT; RF ablation; Speckletracking; Therapy assessment; Ultrasound elasticity imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST-CT; RF ABLATION; SPECKLETRACKING; THERAPY ASSESSMENT; ULTRASOUND ELASTICITY IMAGING;

ABLATION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; LIVER; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEEDLES; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 67649360502     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2008.0077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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